Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 23 Al-Mu'minun, Ayat 82-83
قَالُوۡۤا ءَاِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّ عِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوۡثُوۡنَ
﴿23:82﴾
لَـقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَاٰبَآؤُنَا هٰذَا مِنۡ قَبۡلُ اِنۡ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّاۤ اَسَاطِيۡرُ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَ
﴿23:83﴾
(23:82) They say: "Is it that when we are dead and have been reduced to dust
and bones, shall we then be raised up again? (23:83) We were promised such things and so were our forefathers before us.
All these are no more than tales of the past."77
Notes
77. Their denial of the life after death implied the denial of the powers
and wisdom of Allah as well.