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سُورَةُ القِيَامَةِ · 75:3
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أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

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Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

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Introduction

This is āyah 3 of Sūrat Al-Qiyaama (The Resurrection), the 31st sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 29. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
31 of 114
Surah
Al-Qiyaama (75)
Occasion of revelation · Al-Wahidi

(Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?) [75:3]. This verse was revealed about �Adiyy ibn Rabi�ah. The latter went to the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, and said: �Tell me about the Day of Arising, when is it going to be? How is it going to be?� The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, answered his questions. Then �Adiyy said: �If I were to see that Day with my own eyes, I would not accept what you say, O Muhammad, as true nor would I believe in you. Can Allah really assemble these bones?� And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse.

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ - وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ - أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنْسَانُ أَلَّنْ نَجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ - بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ - بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ - يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ - فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ - وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ - وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ - يَقُولُ الْإِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ - كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ - إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ - يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ - بَلِ الْإِنْسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ - وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ (1. Nay! I swear by the Day of Resurrection.)(2. And nay! I swear by An-Nafs Al-Lawwamah.)(3. Does man think that We shall not assemble his bones?)(4. Yes, We are able to put together in perfec…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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