﴿ وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ ۙ لَا يَبْعَثُ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَمُوتُ ۚ بَلَىٰ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّۭا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

“As it is, they swear by God with their most solemn oaths, "Never will God raise from the dead anyone who has died!" Yea indeed! [This very thing has God promised] by a promise which He has willed upon Himself; but most people know it not.”

(And they swear by Allah their most binding oaths (that) Allah will not raise up him who dieth�) [16:38]. Al-Rabi� ibn Anas reported from Abu�l-�Aliyah: �A Muslim man had a debt with an idolater and he went to ask for it to be paid. As they were talking, the Muslim happened to say: �By Him in Whom I have hope after death�, and the idolater retorted: �And you claim you will be resurrected after death?� And he swore by Allah that Allah will not resurrect those who die. Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse [to confirm the dead will be resurrected]�.