Surah Qaf ayat 15 Tafsir Quran 50:15

﴿أَفَعَيِينَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِي لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ﴾
[ ق: 15]

50:15 Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.

Were We then wearied by the first creation? that is to say We were not wearied by it and likewise We will not be wearied by restoring it. Nay yet they are in doubt about a new creation which will be at the Resurrection.

Did We grow weary and worn out with fatigue with the first creation that you people suspect the validity of a new creation

Reminding the Quraysh of the Destruction of earlier Disbelieving Nations Allah the Exalted warns the disbelievers of Quraysh and reminds them of the punishment and painful torment that He sent in this life on their likes, who disbelieved before them.
For instance, Allah the Exalted punished the people of Nuh by drowning them in the encompassing flood that touched all the people of earth.
There is also the end that struck the people of Ar-Rass, and we mentioned their story before in Surat Al-Furqan, وَثَمُودُوَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَنُ لُوطٍ ( ...and Thamud, and `Ad, and Fir`awn, and the brethren of Lut, ) the people of Sadum ( Sodom ) and the surrounding areas, to whom Lut was sent.
Allah the Exalted shook the earth beneath them and turned their area into a reeking lake, as stinking as the disbelief, tyranny and defiance of the Truth that they had, وَأَصْحَـبُ الاٌّيْكَةِ ( And the Dwellers of Al-Aykah ), they are the nation of Shu`ayb, peace be upon him, وَقَوْمُ تُّبَّعٍ ( and the people of Tubba` ), King of Yemen; we explained his story in the Tafsir of Surat Ad-Dukhan, and therefore, we do not need to repeat it here.
All praise is due to Allah. كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ ( Everyone of them denied (their ) Messengers,) means, all of these nations and their generations belied their respective Messenger, and whoever denies even one Messenger, is as if he has denied all Messengers.
Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ( The people of Nuh denied the Messengers. )( 26:105 ) even though only one Messenger was sent to them, and indeed, if all the Messengers were sent to them, they would have disbelieved in them as well.
Allah said, فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ ( so My threat took effect. ) meaning, the promise of torment and punishment that Allah delivered to them on account of their denial took effect.
Therefore, all those who fear suffering the same end should be warned, especially since the latter have denied their Messenger, just as the former denied their Messenger. Repeating the Creation is Easier than originating It Allah the Exalted said, أَفَعَيِينَا بِالْخَلْقِ الاٌّوَّلِ ( Were We then tired with the first creation ) meaning, `did starting the creation bring fatigue to Us, so as to cause doubt in them that repeating the creation was not possible' بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ ( Nay, they are in confused doubt about a new creation. ) meaning, `starting the creation did not tire Us, and repeating it is even easier.' Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ ( And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it; and this is easier for Him. )( 30:27 ), and, وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلاً وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ مَن يُحىِ الْعِظَـمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِى أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ- ( And he puts forth for Us a parable, and forgets his own creation.
He says: "Who will give life to these bones after they are rotten and have become dust" Say: "He will give life to them Who created them for the first time! And He is the All-Knower of every creation!" )( 36:78-79 ) aWe mentioned earlier a Hadith collected in the Sahih,
«يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى يُؤْذِينِي ابْنُ آدَمَ يَقُولُ: لَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا بَدَأَنِي.
وَلَيْسَ أَوَّلُ الْخَلْقِ بِأَهْوَنَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ إِعَادَتِه»
( Allah the Exalted said, "Son of `Adam insults Me when he says, `He will not resurrect me as He created me before!' But surely, originating creation is not easier for Me than reproducing it again." )

(50:15) Did We, then, become worn out by the first creation? Not at all; but they are in doubt about a fresh creation. *18

Did We fail in the first creation? meaning

*18) This is a rational argument for the Hereafter.
The person who is not a denier of God and is also not so foolish as to regard this excellently ordered Universe and the creation of man in it as a mere accident, cannot help but admit that God alone has created man and this whole Universe.
Now this actual fact that we exist alive in this world and this great work-house of the earth and heavens is functioning before us, by itself is an obvious proof that God was in no way powerless in creating us and this Universe.
Yet if a man says that after bringing about Resurrection the same God will not be able to bring about a new world order and will not be able to create us once again, he says an irrational thing.
Had God been powerless He would not have been able to create all this in the first instance.
When He has created the Universe in the first instance and we ourselves came into existence by virtue of that act of creation, what can then be the rational ground for assuming that He will become powerless to re-make the dismantled thing originally made by Himself?
 

Reminding the Quraysh of the Destruction of earlier Disbelieving Nations Allah the Exalted warns the disbelievers of Quraysh and reminds them of the punishment and painful torment that He sent in this life on their likes, who disbelieved before them.
For instance, Allah the Exalted punished the people of Nuh by drowning them in the encompassing flood that touched all the people of earth.
There is also the end that struck the people of Ar-Rass, and we mentioned their story before in Surat Al-Furqan, وَثَمُودُوَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَنُ لُوطٍ ( ...and Thamud, and `Ad, and Fir`awn, and the brethren of Lut, ) the people of Sadum ( Sodom ) and the surrounding areas, to whom Lut was sent.
Allah the Exalted shook the earth beneath them and turned their area into a reeking lake, as stinking as the disbelief, tyranny and defiance of the Truth that they had, وَأَصْحَـبُ الاٌّيْكَةِ ( And the Dwellers of Al-Aykah ), they are the nation of Shu`ayb, peace be upon him, وَقَوْمُ تُّبَّعٍ ( and the people of Tubba` ), King of Yemen; we explained his story in the Tafsir of Surat Ad-Dukhan, and therefore, we do not need to repeat it here.
All praise is due to Allah. كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ ( Everyone of them denied (their ) Messengers,) means, all of these nations and their generations belied their respective Messenger, and whoever denies even one Messenger, is as if he has denied all Messengers.
Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ( The people of Nuh denied the Messengers. )( 26:105 ) even though only one Messenger was sent to them, and indeed, if all the Messengers were sent to them, they would have disbelieved in them as well.
Allah said, فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ ( so My threat took effect. ) meaning, the promise of torment and punishment that Allah delivered to them on account of their denial took effect.
Therefore, all those who fear suffering the same end should be warned, especially since the latter have denied their Messenger, just as the former denied their Messenger. Repeating the Creation is Easier than originating It Allah the Exalted said, أَفَعَيِينَا بِالْخَلْقِ الاٌّوَّلِ ( Were We then tired with the first creation ) meaning, `did starting the creation bring fatigue to Us, so as to cause doubt in them that repeating the creation was not possible' بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ ( Nay, they are in confused doubt about a new creation. ) meaning, `starting the creation did not tire Us, and repeating it is even easier.' Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ ( And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it; and this is easier for Him. )( 30:27 ), and, وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلاً وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ مَن يُحىِ الْعِظَـمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِى أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ- ( And he puts forth for Us a parable, and forgets his own creation.
He says: "Who will give life to these bones after they are rotten and have become dust" Say: "He will give life to them Who created them for the first time! And He is the All-Knower of every creation!" )( 36:78-79 ) aWe mentioned earlier a Hadith collected in the Sahih, «يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى يُؤْذِينِي ابْنُ آدَمَ يَقُولُ: لَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا بَدَأَنِي.
وَلَيْسَ أَوَّلُ الْخَلْقِ بِأَهْوَنَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ إِعَادَتِه» ( Allah the Exalted said, "Son of `Adam insults Me when he says, `He will not resurrect me as He created me before!' But surely, originating creation is not easier for Me than reproducing it again." )

( Were We then worn out by the first creation ) such that We will be worn out by their second creation when We create them for resurrection after death? ( Yet they ) i.e. the Quraysh ( are in doubt about a new creation ) after death.

Were We then tired with the first creation? Nay, They are in confused doubt about a new creation (i.e. Resurrection)?

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