10 Preface وَقالوا أَإِذا ضَلَلنا فِي الأَرضِ أَإِنّا لَفي خَلقٍ جَديدٍ ۚ بَل هُم بِلِقاءِ رَبِّهِم كافِرونَAli Quli QaraiThey say, ‘When we have been lost in the dust,1 shall we be indeed created anew?’ Rather they disbelieve in the encounter with their Lord. That is, ‘Shall we be brought forth again after our bodies have decomposed and all traces of our physical remains have disappeared in the ground?’