Verse. 3783

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (and he hath coined for us a similitude) he gave us a similitude regarding bones, (and hath forgotten the fact of his creation) he left out the mention of his initial creation, (saying: who will revive these bones when they have rotted away) who will revive these bones when they become dust?

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : and he strikes for us a similitude, in this respect, and forgets [the manner of] his creation, from a sperm-drop, a thing more curious than his similitude; he says, ‘who will revive the bones when they are rot?’, in other words, [when they have become] withered (he does not say ramīmatun, ‘decayed’, because it [ramīmun, ‘rot’] is a noun and not an adjective). it is reported that he [al-‘Āsī] took some withered bones and crushed them into pieces and said to the prophet (s), ‘do you think that god can revive these [bones] after they have decayed and become rot?’ and so the prophet (s) said, ‘yes indeed! and he will also throw you into the fire’.

Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi

تفسير : (who will revive these bones when they have rotted away?) [36:78]. the commentators of the qur’an said: “ubayy ibn khalaf went to the prophet, allah bless him and give him peace, with a decayed bone and said to him: ‘o muhammad, do you think that allah will bring back to life this decayed bone?’ he said: ‘yes, he will, and he will also resurrect you and cast you in hellfire’. allah, exalted is he, then revealed these verses (and he hath coined for us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: who will revive these bones when they have rotted away?...) [36:78-79]”. sa‘id ibn muhammad ibn ja‘far informed us> abu ‘ali ibn abi bakr al-faqih> ahmad ibn al-husayn ibn al-junayd> ziyad ibn ayyub> hushaym> husayn> abu malik who said: “ubayy ibn khalaf al-jumahi went to the messenger of allah, allah bless him and give him peace, with a decayed bone which he crushed in his hand and then said: ‘o muhammad, will allah resurrect this now that it has become dust?’ he said: ‘yes, allah will resurrect it; he will also make you die, bring you back to life and then cast you in the fire of gehenna’. this verse was then revealed”.