Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 28 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 28

Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 28 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 28 Translation

Surah Al-Baqarah

Verse 28

2:28 Al-Baqarah

‎كيف تكفرون بالله وكنتم أمواتاً فأحياكم ثم يميتكم ثم يحييكم ثم إليه ترجعون

How can you disbelieve in Allāh when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned (Al-Baqarah 2:28)

Surah Baqarah verse 28

☘️How can you disbelieve in Allāh: The meaning of kayfa (كَيف – how) here is inquisitive in the sense of bewilderment to the creation, meaning: “Be astonished by these people! How can they disbelieve in Allāh when their state was that of dust and He brought them to life, because He created life in them? So those being addressed are the disbelievers. 

☘️How can you disbelieve in Allāh with His manifest might and exaltedness? He then made clear His abilities and said, “When you were lifeless and He brought you to life” meaning non-existent and without presence. And He brought you to life, meaning: created you.

☘️And His saying (the Most-High): Then He will cause you to die, meaning: In this world when your lifespans come to an end. Bringing to life and causing death are evidences of His abilities, sensational wisdom, esteemed knowledge, and His perfection.

☘️Then He will bring you [back] to life in the hereafter for the awakening, resurrection, reckoning, recompense, and retribution. It is another life superior to this life, and more complete for the one who purified his self, performed righteous deeds, and came to know his Lord through his speech, his deeds, and what is required from him. And it is a life beneath it for the one who corrupted his disposition, put forth his desires, neglected to contemplate upon the laws that govern the universe, and the fact that there is nothing in the universe except that it gives evidence to the Creator, the Provider.

☘️What is mean by the first mawt (موت – death/lifelessness) is the former state of non-existence. And what is meant by the first ḥayāt (حياة - life) is creation. And what is meant by the second mawt is the death that is assigned (to living souls).

☘️And then to Him you will be returned: Returned so that He will recompense you based on your deeds. An individual (should) think a great deal about his return to His Lord and Master, and hold himself accountable in order to prepare for that return.

🔮To Allah SWT will be your return, then he will inform you of what you used to do. Turn to Allah SWT before you return to him.

💎 I ask Allah SWT to help us to turn to Allah SWT in all situations, Aameen

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