Quran 36:78

Surah Yaseen, Verse 78

Juz 23 · Page 445 · Ruku 385 · Meccan

وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ

Word by word

وَضَرَبَ waḍaraba And he sets forth لَنَا lanā for Us مَثَلًۭا mathalan an example وَنَسِىَ wanasiya and forgets خَلْقَهُۥ ۖ khalqahu his (own) creation قَالَ qāla He says مَن man Who يُحْىِ yuḥ'yī will give life ٱلْعِظَـٰمَ l-ʿiẓāma (to) the bones وَهِىَ wahiya while they رَمِيمٌۭ ramīmun (are) decomposed

Transliteration

Wadaraba lana mathalanwanasiya khalqahu qala man yuhyee alAAithamawahiya rameem

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own (origin and) Creation: He says, "Who can give life to (dry) bones and decomposed ones (at that)?"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( وضرب لنا مثلا ونسي خلقه قال من يحيي العظام وهي رميم ) ؟ أي : استبعد إعادة الله تعالى - ذي القدرة العظيمة التي خلقت السماوات والأرض - للأجساد والعظام الرميمة ، ونسي نفسه ، وأن الله خلقه من العدم ، فعلم من نفسه ما هو أعظم مما استبعده وأنكره وجحده ; ولهذا قال تعالى :