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Surah Luqman (Luqman ) 31 : 28

مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(31:28:1)
(31:28:2)
khalqukum
(is) your creation
(31:28:3)
(31:28:4)
baʿthukum
your resurrection
(31:28:5)
illā
but
(31:28:6)
kanafsin
as a soul
(31:28:7)
wāḥidatin
single
(31:28:8)
(31:28:9)
l-laha
Allah
(31:28:10)
samīʿun
(is) All-Hearer
(31:28:11)
baṣīrun
All-Seer

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Explanatory Note

Then comes the final note in this section, using the previous image as evidence confirming the ease with which God creates and the simplicity with which He brings the dead back to life: “The creation of you all and your resurrection is but like [the creation and resurrection of] a single soul. God hears all and sees all.” The will that creates simply by willing the creation to take place does not see any difference between creating one or many. This will does not exert any measurable effort in creating an individual, and such an effort is not repeated with the creation of every individual. Hence, creating one and creating millions are exactly the same. Likewise is their resurrection. It is only the word, or the will: “When He wills a thing to be, He but says to it, ‘Be’, and it is.” (36: 82) With the knowledge that accompanies creation and resurrection come the reckoning and fair reward: “God hears all and sees all.” 

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An examination of the subject matter shows that it was sent down in the period when persecution to suppress and thwart the invitation to Islam had begun. Every sort of plotting had started being employed for this purpose. This is borne out by v.14 in which the young reverts to Islam have been told that although the rights of the parents are the uppermost after God they should not listen to them if they prevented them from accepting Islam or compelled them to revert to the creed of polytheism (Shirk). The same thing has been said in Surah 29: al-‘Ankabut (The Spider) which indicates that both these Surahs were sent down in the same period. A study of the style and subject matter of the two Surahs on the whole however shows that Surah Luqman was sent down earlier for one does not see any sign of the antagonism in its background, though contrary to this while studying Surah 29: al-‘Ankabut (The Spider) one can clearly feel that the Muslims were being severely persecuted during the period of its revelation.

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