Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Qaaf, Ayah 3

Qaaf · Ayah 3 · View Ayah
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌۭ
When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant return."

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back again)? That) which Muhammad claims (would be a far return!) will never happen; thus denying resurrection after death.

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What! read a-idhā pronouncing both hamzas or not pronouncing the second but inserting an alif between the two in both cases When we are dead and have become dust? shall we return to life? That is a far-fetched return!’ an event that is extremely remote.

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