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ABOUT RESURRECTION
They say, 'When we have been absorbed into the earth, are we
then to be in a new creation?' In fact they reject the meeting with
their Lord. Say: 'The Angel of Death, who has been given charge
of you, will take you back and then you will be sent back to your
Lord.' (Qur'an, 32:10-11)
Nonetheless they are amazed that a warner should have come to
them from among themselves and those who do not believe say,
'What an extraordinary thing! When we are dead and turned to
dust? That would be a most unlikely return!' We know exactly
how the earth eats them away. We possess an all-preserving Book.
(Qur'an, 50:2-4)
They say, 'What! When we are bones and crumbled dust, will we
then be raised up as a new creation!' Say: 'It would not matter if
you were rock or iron, or indeed any created thing that you think
is harder still!' They will say, 'Who will bring us back again?' Say:
'He Who brought you into being in the first place.' They will shake
their heads at you and ask, 'When will it happen?' Say: 'It may
well be that it is very near.' (Qur'an, 17:49-51)
That is their repayment for rejecting Our Signs and saying, 'What,
when we are bones and crumbled dust, will we then be raised up
as a new creation?' Do they not see that Allah, Who created the
heavens and earth, has the power to create the like of them, and
has appointed fixed terms for them of which there is no doubt? But
the wrongdoers still spurn anything but disbelief. (Qur'an, 17:98-
99)

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