تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ 87
Translations
Bring it back, if you should be truthful?
Transliteration
Tarji'oonaha in kuntum sadiqeen
Tafsir (Explanation)
This ayah is part of Allah's challenge to those who deny the Quran and the resurrection, asking them to return the soul to the body if they are truthful in their claim that there is no afterlife. Classical scholars like Ibn Kathir explain this as a rhetorical challenge demonstrating human powerlessness over life and death, which only Allah controls. The verse emphasizes that if the deniers truly believed their position, they should be able to restore life to the dead—a task only the All-Powerful can accomplish.
Revelation Context
Surah Al-Waqi'ah is a Meccan surah revealed during the early period of Islam when the Quraysh denied the resurrection and the Day of Judgment. This ayah appears in the context of Allah's argument against those who reject the Hereafter, using the inability of humans to control life and death as proof of Allah's absolute power and the certainty of the resurrection.
Related Hadiths
While no hadith directly addresses this specific ayah, Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim contain numerous hadiths about the Day of Judgment and resurrection (e.g., the hadith about the signs of the Hour), which relate thematically to the surah's overall message about the inevitability of the afterlife.
Themes
Key Lesson
This ayah invites believers to reflect on their complete dependence on Allah for life itself, humbling any human pride or arrogance about controlling their destiny. For modern readers, it serves as a reminder that ultimate power belongs only to Allah, encouraging sincere belief in the Hereafter and submission to His will.
Related Ayahs
بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ
The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.
۞ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفًا وَشَيْبَةً ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ
Allāh is the one who created you from weakness, then made after weakness strength, then made after strength weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills, and He is the Knowing, the Competent.
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٍ
And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness.