Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Nahl, Ayah 38
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ ۙ لَا يَبْعَثُ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَمُوتُ ۚ بَلَىٰ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّۭا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths [that] Allah will not resurrect one who dies. But yes - [it is] a true promise [binding] upon Him, but most of the people do not know.
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(And they swear by Allah their most binding oaths) when a man swears by Allah, he swears by his most binding oaths ((that) Allah will not raise up him who dieth) that is after he dies. (Nay, but it is a promise (binding) upon Him) upon Allah (in truth) that He will raise again him who dies is incumbent and it will surely happen, (but most of mankind) the people of Mecca (know not) this nor believe in it,
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Sunan Abu Dawud#3265Sahih in chain
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Sahih Muslim#6839Sahih
No Muslim would die but Allah would admit in his stead a Jew or a Christian in Hell-Fire. 'Umar b. Abd al-'Aziz took an oath: By One besides Whom there is no god but He, thrice that his father had nar...
Narrated by Abu Burda reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said:
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And they swear by God their most earnest oaths in other words with their utmost earnestness therein that God will not resurrect the dead. God exalted be He says Nay He will resurrect them it is a promise binding upon Him both wa‘dan and haqqan are verbal nouns used for emphasis and are in the accusative because of the verbal actions implicit in them; in other words He promised that and made it a binding truth but most people that is the people of Mecca do not know that.