Ya-Sin 36:81

Juz 23 · Page 445

36:81

أَوَلَيْسَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.

Context

The decayed bones: 'Who will revive these?'

77–83

According to the reports, Ubayy ibn Khalaf (in some accounts al-'As ibn Wa'il) took a decayed bone, crumbled it before the Prophet and said, "Muhammad! Do you claim that God will bring this back to life after it has rotted and crumbled?" The Prophet replied, "Yes; and God will resurrect you and place you in the Fire." Thereupon the verses were revealed: "Does man not see that We created him from a drop, yet he becomes an open adversary? Forgetting his own creation he says, 'Who will give life to bones when they have decayed?' Say: He who created them the first time will give them life."

Vâhidî, Esbâbü'n-Nüzûl; Hâkim, el-Müstedrek

Revelation context of the surah

Surah-wide

Ya-Sin is Meccan, dated to the middle Meccan period. It treats the truth of the prophetic mission and the resurrection of the dead; according to a well-known report, its closing verses answered a denier who crumbled a decayed bone and asked, 'Who will bring this back to life?'

Klasik tefsir mukaddimeleri; esbâb-ı nüzul rivayetleri

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