Tafsir of Al-Isra 17:99

Surah Al-Isra 17:99

ﱰ ﱱ ﱲ ﱳ ﱴ ﱵ ﱶ ﱷ ﱸ ﱹ ﱺ ﱻ ﱼ ﱽ ﱾ ﱿ ﲀ ﲁ ﲂ ﲃ ﲄ ﲅ ﲆ ﲇ

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.

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أولم يروا أن الله الذي خلق السماوات واﻻرض قادر على أن يخلق مثلهم

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.

وجعل لهم أجﻼ ﻻ ريب فيه

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:

وما نوخره إﻻ ﻻجل معدود

And We delay it only for a term (already) fixed. (11:104)

فٲبى الظالمون

But the wrongdoers refuse, -- after the proof has been established against them,

إﻻ كفورا

(and accept nothing) but disbelief. means, they persist in their falsehood and misguidance