Surah Ar-Ra'd 13:5 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۖ ۖ ۗ وَإِن تَعْجَبْ فَعَجَبٌ قَوْلُهُمْ أَإِذَا كُنَّا تُرَابًا أَإِنَّا لَفِي خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَأُولَئِكَ الْأَغْلَالُ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ وَأُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

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ۖ
ۖ
ۗ
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
تَعْجَبْ
ta'jab
you (are) astonished
فَعَجَبٌ
fa'ajabun
then astonishing
قَوْلُهُمْ
qawluhum
(is) their saying
أَإِذَا
a-idha
When
كُنَّا
kunna
we are
تُرَابًا
turaban
dust
أَإِنَّا
a-inna
will we
لَفِي
lafi
(be) indeed in
خَلْقٍ
khalqin
a creation
جَدِيدٍ
jadidin
new
أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
(are) the ones who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieved
بِرَبِّهِمْ
birabbihim
in their Lord
وَأُولَئِكَ
wa-ulaika
and those
الْأَغْلَالُ
al-aghlalu
the iron chains
فِي
fi
(will be) in
أَعْنَاقِهِمْ
a'naqihim
their necks
وَأُولَئِكَ
wa-ulaika
those
أَصْحَابُ
ashabu
(are the) companions
النَّارِ
al-nari
(of) the Fire
هُمْ
hum
they
فِيهَا
fiha
in it
خَالِدُونَ
khaliduna
(will) abide forever

Transliteration

Wa in ta'jab fa'ajabun qawluhm 'a-izaa kunna turaaban 'a-inna lafee khalqin jadeed; ulaaa 'ikal lazeena kafaroo bi Rabbihim wa ulaaa'ikal aghlaalu feee a'naaqihim wa ulaa'ika Ashaabun Naari hum feehaa khaalidoon

Translation

And if you are astonished, [O Muhammad] - then astonishing is their saying, "When we are dust, will we indeed be [brought] into a new creation?" Those are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord, and those will have shackles upon their necks, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

If you are amazed, O Messenger, at anything, then you should surely be amazed at their denial of resurrection and their statement of proof for their denial: What, when we die and become dust and decayed and decomposed bones, shall we be resurrected and restored to life? Those who reject the resurrection after death are the ones who disbelieved in their Lord and as a result they disbelieved in His Power to resurrect the dead. They are the ones around whose necks chains of fire will be placed on the Day of Judgement. They will be the inhabitants of the Fire and they will remain there forever, without ever ceasing to exist and without their punishment coming to an end.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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