The Holy Quran 36:78 — Surah Ya-Sin

Arabic text

وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَـٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ

Translation

(When contesting with Us) He quotes examples for Us (disregarding Our status) and forgets himself (forgets that he was once a lowly drop of fluid). He says, "Who will give life to (revive the) bones after they have decomposed (decayed)?"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The audacity of insignificant man: that is, do you see what remarks he fastens upon Allah? It is as though he has imagined the Absolutely Powerful to be like a helpless creature, for he says: when in the end the body has rotted and decayed and only bones remain — and those too crumbled, old and hollow — who will bring them to life again?

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