[32] Exalt Allah And His Shariah First and Foremost

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Allah, The Most High, said:

أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ

Does (the disbelieving) man think that We will not assemble his bones (after death)? Yes (leave aside his bones), We are able to put together his (very) fingertips. (1)

After mentioning the resurrection, He informs us that despite this, some wilful persistent deniers reject the Day of Resurrection. He said:

أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ

Does (the disbelieving) man think that We will not assemble his bones (after death)?

As He (Allah) said in another Ayah:

 قَالَ مَنْ يُحْيِي الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٌ

He (the disbeliever) says, “Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?”

Due to his ignorance and enmity, he considers it impossible (far-fetched) that Allah has the power to recreate his bones, which are the frame of the body.

Thus, He (Allah) responds to him by saying:

 بَلَى قَادِرِينَ عَلَى أَنْ نُسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ

Yes (leave aside his bones), We are able to put together his (very) fingertips.

Meaning: The tips of his fingers and their bones – necessitating the recreation of all the parts of the body, for indeed when the fingertips and fingers are recreated, the recreation of the entire body is completed.

His (mere) denial of Allāh’s power is not because of any deficiency in the proof that (Allah is unable do that), rather, it (his denial) occurs as a result of his intention and desire to deny the resurrection ahead of him, and Fujūr [intense immorality, which in this context implies] lying intentionally. (2)

(1)https://www.thenoblequran.com/q/#/verse/75/3
https://www.thenoblequran.com/q/#/verse/75/4

(2) An Excerpt from Tafseer As-Sadi