Quran Universe
32:10

وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا ضَلَلۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَءِنَّا لَفِي خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدِۭۚ بَلۡ هُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ

Waqaloo aitha dalalna fee alardi ainna lafee khalqin jadeedin bal hum biliqai rabbihim kafiroona

And they say, "When we are lost within the earth, will we indeed be [recreated] in a new creation?" Rather, they are, in [the matter of] the meeting with their Lord, disbelievers.

Word by word
  1. وَقَالُوٓاْAnd they say
  2. أَءِذَاIs (it) when
  3. ضَلَلۡنَاwe are lost
  4. فِيin
  5. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earth
  6. أَءِنَّاwill we
  7. لَفِيcertainly be in
  8. خَلۡقٖa creation
  9. جَدِيدِۭۚnew
  10. بَلۡNay
  11. هُمthey
  12. بِلِقَآءِin (the) meeting
  13. رَبِّهِمۡ(of) their Lord
  14. كَٰفِرُونَ(are) disbelievers
As-Sajdah · 32:10Makkah

Lost in the earth, then made new? Easy for Him.

The doubt about resurrection

Their question
bodiesscattered in the earth
made again?
unlikelyby human ability
Whose power to measure by
what I could doimpossible
what He did oncefrom nothing

Ibn Kathir says the idol worshippers thought resurrection unlikely once bodies had disintegrated and dispersed. By their own feeble abilities it is. But not for the One who created them from nothing.

A funeral, the soil going in, and a quiet thought: is that really it? Measure it by His power, not yours. The One who made you from nothing the first time can make you again.

Once someone is buried, it is hard to believe they will rise.

The One who made me from nothing can easily make me again.

Try this

Next time you think of someone who has died, make dua for them and for your meeting again.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

And they say: "When we are lost in the earth, shall we indeed be created anew?" Nay, but they deny the meeting with their Lord (10)Say: "The angel of death, who is set over you, will take your souls. Then you shall be brought to your Lord. (11)

Refutation of Those Who think the Resurrection is unlikely to happen

Allah tells us how the idolators thought it unlikely that the resurrection would ever come to pass, and how they said:

أَإِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِي الْأَرْضِ

(When we are lost in the earth,) meaning, 'when our bodies have been scattered and have disintegrated and dispersed in the earth,'

 أَإِنَّا لَفِي خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

(shall we indeed be created anew?) means, 'after that, will we come back again?' They thought it unlikely that this would happen, and in terms of their own feeble abilities it is indeed unlikely, but this is not the case with regard to the power of the One Who created them from nothing, Who when He wills a thing merely says to it, "Be!" and it is. Allah says:

بَلْ هُمْ بِلِقَاءِ رَبِّهِمْ كَافِرُونَ

(Nay, but they deny the meeting with their Lord!) Then Allah says:

قُلْ يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ الَّذِي وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ

(Say: "The angel of death, who is set over you, will take your souls...") The apparent meaning of this Ayah is that the angel of death is a specific personality among the angels, as is also apparent from the Hadith of Al-Bara' which we quoted in (our Tafsir of) Surah Ibrahim. In some reports he (the angel of death) is called 'Izra'il, which is well known. This is the view of Qatadah and others. The angel of death has helpers. It was reported in the Hadith that his helpers draw out the soul from the rest of the body until it reaches the throat, then the angel of death takes it. Mujahid said, "The earth is brought together for him and it is like a platter from which he takes whenever he wants."

 ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ 

(Then you shall be brought to your Lord.) means, on the Day when you are resurrected and brought forth from your graves to receive your reward or punishment.