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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Ad-Dukhan 44:35

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إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

"There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

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يقول تعالى منكرا على المشركين فى إنكارهم البعث والمعاد وأنه ما ثم إلا هذه الحياة الدنيا ولا حياة بعد الممات ولا بعث ولا نشور ويحتجون بأبائهم الماضين الذين ذهبوا فلم يرجعوا فإن كان البعث حقا "فأتوا بأبائنا إن كنتم صادقين".

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