ONE AYAT A DAY
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوْقِيْنَۙ
Naḥnu qaddarnā bainakumul-mauta wa mā naḥnu bimasbūqīn(a).
We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone
Proof that Resurrection will occurAllah asserts that Resurrection will occur and refutes the misguided atheists who deny it, those who said,أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَاباً وَعِظَـماً أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ (When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be resurrected) 56:47 They said this statement in denial and discounting Resurrection. Allah the Exalted said,نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَـكُمْ(We created you,) meaning, `We have created you after you were nothing. Therefore, is not that Who is able to start the creation, more able to bring it back' Allah's statement,فَلَوْلاَ تُصَدِّقُونَ(then why do you believe not) `why do you not then believe in Resurrection' Then Allah said, while bringing forth evidence that Resurrection occurs,أَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا تُمْنُونَ - أَءَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُ أَم نَحْنُ الْخَـلِقُونَ (Do you not see the semen you emit. Is it you who create it, or are We the Creator) meaning, `do you make the semen remain in the wombs and create life from it therein, stage after stage Or is Allah the One Who does all this' Allah said,نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ(We have decreed death to you all,) meaning, `We made death exist between you.' Ad-Dahhak commented, "Allah made the residents of the heavens and earth equal with regards to death." Allah said,وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ(and We are not outstripped,) meaning, `We are never unable,'عَلَى أَن نُّبَد…