Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 508
THE FUTURE OF LIFE ON EARTH وَأَقْسَمُوا بِالله جَهْدَ أَيْمَانَهُمْ لا يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَمُوتُ بَلَى وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي يَخْتَلِفُوْنَ فِيْهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا كَذِبِينَ * 40-16:39. And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths that. Allah will not raise up those who die. Nay, He will certainly raise them up - a promise He has made binding on Himself, but most people know not. . He will raise them up that He may make clear to them that wherein they differed, and that those who disbelieved may know that they were liars. * * وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلاً وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ مَنْ يُحْيِ الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٌ 36:79. And he coins similitudes for Us and forgets his own creation. He says, 'Who can quicken the bones when they are decayed?'" * اَفَعَيْنَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْاَولِ بَلْ هُمْ فِي لَبْسٍ مِنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ 50:16. Have We then become weary with the first creation?. Nay, but they are in confusion about the new creation. 6 وكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ إِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا وَ إِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ * اَوَ آبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُوْنَ* 49-56:48. And they were wont to say, 'What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised again, 'And our fathers of yore too?" 483