Tabari (1 passage)

1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

   أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَى ("Is He then not able to bring the dead to life?"). Allah, exalted is His mention, says: Is He who did that — who created this human being from a drop, then from a clot of blood, until He made him into a well-formed human being, with male and female offspring — not able to bring the dead to life out of their death and to bring them back into existence as they were before their death? He says: it is known that He who was able to create the human being from a drop of sperm that was emitted, until He made him into a well-formed human being — for Him the bringing to life of a dead person after his death is not impossible. And when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited this, he used to say: "Yes indeed."

   Bishr related to us, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning His saying: أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَى : it has been related to us that the Prophet of Allah ﷺ, when he recited this, used to say: "Glory be to You, yes indeed (subḥānaka wa-balā)."

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   ( أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَى ) يقول تعالى ذكره: أليس الذي فعل ذلك فخلق هذا الإنسان من نطفة، ثم علقة حتى صيره إنسانا سويا، له أولاد ذكور وإناث، بقادر على أن يُحيي الموتى من مماتهم، فيوجدهم كما كانوا من قبل مماتهم. يقول: معلوم أن الذي قَدِر على خَلق الإنسان من نطفة من منيّ يمنى، حتى صيره بشرا سويًا، لا يُعجزه إحياء ميت من بعد مماته، وكان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا قرأ ذلك قال: بلى. حدثنا بشر، قال: ثنا يزيد، قال: ثنا سعيد، عن قتادة، قوله: ( أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَى ) ذُكر لنا أن نبيّ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا قرأها قال: سبحانك وبلَى.