Transliteration:( Yukhrijul haiya minal maiyiti wa yukhrijul maiyita minal haiyi wa yuhyil arda ba'da mawtihaa; wa kazaalika tukhrajoon (section 2) )
"He brings forth the living from the dead, and He brings forth the dead from the living [34]. And He gives life to the earth after its death [35]. And in the like manner you shall also be brought [36] forth (to life)."
This part points to Allah’s power to create opposites from one another:
From the living, He creates lifeless sperm or eggs.
From a believer, may emerge a disbeliever; from the pious, a transgressor; from the intelligent, someone heedless.
Conversely, from a lifeless seed, He creates life; from a disbeliever, a believer; from the negligent, the aware; and from the transgressor, a pious soul.
Such is the limitless splendour of Allah—exalted is He!
Allah revives the dry and barren land by sending down rain, causing it to flourish with vegetation and life.
Similarly, through the rain of Prophethood, He brings forth the growth of faith and righteousness in spiritually dead hearts.
The verse ends by affirming that just as Allah revives dead land, He will resurrect the dead on the Day of Judgement.
Regardless of where a person dies—buried or not—that place becomes his grave, known as the realm of Barzakh (the intermediate world).
Hence, no doubt or objection remains as to how or from where people will be brought back to life, for the power of resurrection lies entirely with Allah.
The tafsir of Surah Ar-Rum verse 19 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Rum ayat 17 which provides the complete commentary from verse 17 through 19.
(30:19) He brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living, and revives the earth after it is dead.[25] Likewise will you be raised to life (after you die).
25. That is, how can that God Who is doing all this perpetually in front of your eyes, be helpless in raising man to life after death? He is causing absolutely dead matter to be discharged from living man and animals. He is ever bringing into existence countless animals and human beings by breathing life into dead matter, whereas the substances themselves which make up the bodies of the living beings are absolutely without life. He is making you witness the phenomenon that wherever water becomes available, lands previously lying barren start blooming and blossoming with animal and vegetable life. In spite of witnessing all this if a person thinks that the God Who is sustaining the universe will be helpless to raise man back to life after death, he is fully devoid of the common sense. His heart does not see the clear realities gleaming from the manifestations which his eyes see.
[1143]- Of the graves or out of the earth at the time of resurrection.
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