Surah Al Isra ayat 99 Tafsir Quran 17:99

﴿۞ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى الظَّالِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًا﴾
[ الإسراء: 99]

17:99 Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth, is [the one] Able to create the likes of them? And He has appointed for them a term, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers refuse [anything] except disbelief.

Have they not seen realised that God He Who created the heavens and the earth with all their immensity has the power to create the like of them? that is the like of these human beings especially given their smallness? He has appointed for them a term until the time for their death and resurrection whereof is no doubt; yet the wrongdoers insist on disbelief on denial of such a term.

Do they not perceive by visual tokens and by their minds eyes that Allah Who created the heavens and the earth is Omnipotent enough to recreate the like thereof and restore the dead to life and create them anew! It is He Who determined their span of life which He decreed to end at a certain and undoubted point of time, yet the infidels refuse to acknowledge the truth and choose to sink under the vexations of their minds

Allah says: ` This punishment, being resurrected blind, dumb and deaf, is what they deserve, because they disbelieved بِـَايَـتِنَآ ( Our Ayat ), i.e., Our proof and evidence, and did not think that the resurrection could ever happen.' وَقَالُواْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـماً وَرُفَـتاً ( and said: "When we are bones and fragments..." ) meaning, when we have disintegrated and our bodies have rotted away, أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقاً جَدِيداً ( shall we really be raised up as a new creation ) meaning, after we have disintegrated and disappeared and been absorbed into the earth, will we come back a second time Allah established proof against them and told them that He is able to do that, for He created the heavens and the earth, so raising them up again is easier for Him than that, as He says: لَخَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْـبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ ( The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; ) 40:57 أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَن يُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى ( Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied by their creation, is able to give life to the dead ) 46: 33 أَوَلَـيْسَ الَذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ بِقَـدِرٍ عَلَى أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم بَلَى وَهُوَ الْخَلَّـقُ الْعَلِيمُ - إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْئاً أَن يَقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ ( Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth, able to create the like of them Yes, indeed! He is the All-Knowing Supreme Creator.
Verily, His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, "Be!" and it is! ) ( 36:81-82 ) And Allah says here: أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ ( See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, is able to create the like of them. ) meaning, on the Day of Resurrection, He will recreate and restore their bodies, as He created them in the first place. وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلاً لاَّ رَيْبَ فِيهِ ( And He has decreed for them an appointed term, whereof there is no doubt. ) means, He has set a time for them to be re-created and brought forth from their graves, an appointed time which must surely come to pass.
As Allah says: وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُ إِلاَّ لاًّجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ ( And We delay it only for a term (already ) fixed.) ( 11:104 ) فَأَبَى الظَّـلِمُونَ ( But the wrongdoers refuse ) -- after the proof has been established against them, إِلاَّ كُفُورًا ( (and accept nothing ) but disbelief.) means, they persist in their falsehood and misguidance.

Allah says: ` This punishment, being resurrected blind, dumb and deaf, is what they deserve, because they disbelieved بِـَايَـتِنَآ ( Our Ayat ), i.e., Our proof and evidence, and did not think that the resurrection could ever happen.' وَقَالُواْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـماً وَرُفَـتاً ( and said: "When we are bones and fragments..." ) meaning, when we have disintegrated and our bodies have rotted away, أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقاً جَدِيداً ( shall we really be raised up as a new creation ) meaning, after we have disintegrated and disappeared and been absorbed into the earth, will we come back a second time Allah established proof against them and told them that He is able to do that, for He created the heavens and the earth, so raising them up again is easier for Him than that, as He says: لَخَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْـبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ ( The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; ) 40:57 أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَن يُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى ( Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied by their creation, is able to give life to the dead ) 46: 33 أَوَلَـيْسَ الَذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ بِقَـدِرٍ عَلَى أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم بَلَى وَهُوَ الْخَلَّـقُ الْعَلِيمُ - إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْئاً أَن يَقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ ( Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth, able to create the like of them Yes, indeed! He is the All-Knowing Supreme Creator.
Verily, His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, "Be!" and it is! ) ( 36:81-82 ) And Allah says here: أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ ( See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, is able to create the like of them. ) meaning, on the Day of Resurrection, He will recreate and restore their bodies, as He created them in the first place. وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلاً لاَّ رَيْبَ فِيهِ ( And He has decreed for them an appointed term, whereof there is no doubt. ) means, He has set a time for them to be re-created and brought forth from their graves, an appointed time which must surely come to pass.
As Allah says: وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُ إِلاَّ لاًّجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ ( And We delay it only for a term (already ) fixed.) ( 11:104 ) فَأَبَى الظَّـلِمُونَ ( But the wrongdoers refuse ) -- after the proof has been established against them, إِلاَّ كُفُورًا ( (and accept nothing ) but disbelief.) means, they persist in their falsehood and misguidance.

( Have they ) i.e. the people of Mecca ( not seen that Allah Who created the heavens and the earth is Able to create ) to revive ( the like of them, and has appointed for them an end ) a term ( whereof there is no doubt ) as far as the believers are concerned? ( But the wrong-doers ) the idolaters ( refuse aught save disbelief ) they rejected this and stayed firm in their disbelief.

See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, is Able to create the like of them. And He has decreed for them an appointed term, whereof there is not doubt. But the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.) refuse (the truth the Message of Islamic Monotheism, and accept nothing) but disbelief.

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