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

Al-An'am 6:29

Word by word

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

And they say, "There is none but our worldly life, and we will not be resurrected."

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

( وقالوا إن هي إلا حياتنا الدنيا وما نحن بمبعوثين ) أي : لعادوا لما نهوا عنه ، إنهم لكاذبون ولقالوا : ( إن هي إلا حياتنا ) أي : ما هي إلا هذه الحياة الدنيا ، ثم لا معاد بعدها ; ولهذا قال : ( وما نحن بمبعوثين )

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