Intermediate
The Hereafter
Surah: Al-Hajj (5)
If You Are in Doubt About Resurrection — We Created You From Dust — Creation as Proof
فَإِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ
— الحج الآية 5
Verse: "If you are in doubt about resurrection — We created you from dust." (22:5) — The verse refutes doubt with the first creation: He who originated from nothing is more able to return something. Then sensory evidence: reviving dead earth with rain — visible every spring. Lesson: denying resurrection while acknowledging the first creation = explicit logical contradiction.
Source: Ibn Kathir (5/389); Al-Sadi
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What are the two proofs for resurrection in this verse?
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