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Quran 75:3-4, We can restore even his fingertips.

Surah Al-Qiyamah, ayah 3 to 4: "Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?" Read it in Arabic with transliteration and the Sahih International translation, with the ayah before and after it, and listen to it recited.

75:2Before

وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ﴿٢﴾

Wa laaa uqsimu bin nafsil lawwaamah

And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

75:3This ayah

أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ﴿٣﴾

Ayahsabul insaanu al lan najm'a 'izaamah

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

75:4This ayah

بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ ﴿٤﴾

Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah

Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

75:5After

بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ﴿٥﴾

Bal yureedul insaanu liyafjura amaamah

But man desires to continue in sin.

Arabic: Tanzil, Uthmani script. English: Sahih International. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid; read from the Arabic when you can.

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Meaning and lessons

What Quran 75:3-4 means, in brief.

A person asks whether Allah will gather his bones after they have crumbled. Allah answers: yes, We are able to proportion even his fingertips. Ibn Kathir reports the explanation of Ibn Abbas and others: Allah could have made his hands flat like a camel's hoof, without fingers, and He is able to restore the finest parts of a person exactly as they were.

Many modern readers point to fingerprints, which are unique to each person. That reading is not in the classical tafsir, but the ayah's point is the same either way: the One who made the smallest detail of your body can bring it back.

Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 75:3-4. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.

Lessons from this ayah

  • Resurrection is easy for the One who created us the first time.
  • Allah's knowledge reaches the finest detail of each person.
  • Reflect on your own body as a sign.

Where Quran 75:3-4 is in the mushaf

Ayah 3 to 4 of Surah Al-Qiyamah (القِيَامَةِ), "The Resurrection", surah 75 of the Quran, a Meccan surah of 40 ayat revealed in Makkah. It is in juz 29 (para 29), hizb 58, on page 577 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 75/4, 75 4 or Quran 75 4.

More verses on this theme: Quran verses about death.

Questions

Good to know.

What does Quran 75:3-4 say?

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones? Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips. (Sahih International)

What is Quran 75:3-4 about?

A person asks whether Allah will gather his bones after they have crumbled. Allah answers: yes, We are able to proportion even his fingertips. Ibn Kathir reports the explanation of Ibn Abbas and others: Allah could have made his hands flat like a camel's hoof, without fingers, and He is able to restore the finest parts of a person exactly as they were.

Which surah and juz is 75:3-4 in?

It is in Surah Al-Qiyamah, surah 75 of the Quran, in juz 29 (para 29), on page 577 of the Madinah mushaf.

What comes before and after 75:3-4?

The ayah before, 75:2, says: "And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection]." The ayah after, 75:5, says: "But man desires to continue in sin."