Qaf 50:3
The Letter "Qaf" · Meccan · Juz 26 · Page 518
A Distant Return
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰاۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجۡعُۢ بَعِيدࣱ ٣
When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back again)? That would be a far return.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
“When we have died and become dust? That is a distant return.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, they considered resurrection after death a return far from reason or custom.
Reflect
Reflect that nothing is far for Allah.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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