The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 579
CH. 17 BANI ISRĀ'ĪL E PT. 15 أَوْ خَلْقًا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِي صُدُورِكُمْ Or created matter of any. 52 kind which appears hardest in فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَنْ يُعِيدُنَا قُلِ الَّذِى your minds, even then shall you فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَسَيُنْخِضُونَ * إِلَيْكَ رُءُ وَسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هُوَ قُلْ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُوْنَ قَرِيبًا be raised up. " "Then will they ask, 'Who shall restore us to life?' Say, 'He Who created you the first time. ' They will then shake their heads at thee and say, "When will it be?' Say, 'Maybe it is nigh, 1981 b يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيْبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِ It will be on the day when. 53 وَتَظُنُّونَ إِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ن He will call you; then will you respond praising Him and you will think that you have tarried but a little while. '1982 & "36:79-80. 34:30; 36:49; 67:26. 20:105; 23:114-115. their hearts should become hard like iron or stone or any other similar substance, God would bring about among them that wholesome change which He had decreed to bring about through the Holy Prophet. Or it may be taken as answering their doubts about resurrection mentioned in the previous verse and says to them that they could not escape Divine punishment even if they became converted into iron or stone or any other hard substance. It may be inferred from this verse that after the lapse of a long time one substance may become transformed into quite a new one. Coal becomes transformed into diamond and forests of petrified trees have been discovered in some parts of the globe. Similarly, it is not impossible that the human body, after having remained buried in the earth for a long time, may possibly become transformed into stone or iron or some other substance, though geological research has so far made no such discovery. 1981. Commentary: The expression, Who shall restore us to life, does not mean that disbelievers really enquire as to who will bring them to life again. It only signifies that they ridicule the very idea of their being restored to a new life. The words, maybe it is nigh, signify that the resurrection promised to disbelievers in this verse is not the one which will take place after death, but the one which was to take place shortly in their lives. This prophecy was fulfilled after the Fall of Mecca when the whole of Arabia embraced dead were restored to a new life. Islam. Those who were spiritually 1787 1982. Commentary: This verse confirms the