أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًۭٔا
awalaa yazkurul insaanu annaa khalaqnaahu min qablu wa lam yaku shai'aa
Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?
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Knowledge & reflection
19:67Ayah 198
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Does not man then remember yadhdhakaru is actually yatadhakkaru but the tā’ has been changed to a dhāl and assimilated with the other dhāl; a variant reading leaves it as yadhkuru that We created him before when he was nothing? and thus infer from the first act of creation the possibility of resurrection.
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