ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء : ٢١

  • أَمِ Or
  • ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ (have) they taken
  • ءَالِهَةٗ gods
  • مِّنَ from
  • ٱلۡأَرۡضِ the earth
  • هُمۡ they
  • يُنشِرُونَ raise (the dead)
Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?
Or (am, functions with the meaning of bal, 'nay', to effect a transition [in subject-matter]; the hamza is for [rhetorical] denial) have they chosen gods, that are, from the earth, such as stones, gold or silver, who, that is, gods [who], resurrect? who bring the dead back to life? No! Indeed only one who brings the dead back to life can be God.