25 Preface وَإِذا تُتلىٰ عَلَيهِم آياتُنا بَيِّناتٍ ما كانَ حُجَّتَهُم إِلّا أَن قالُوا ائتوا بِآبائِنا إِن كُنتُم صادِقينَYusuf AliAnd when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them their argument is nothing but this: They say, “Bring1 (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!”Cf. 44:36. It is no argument to say, “If there is a future life, bring back our forefathers and let us see them here and now!” It is not for a man to raise the dead when and where he pleases. It is for God to command. And His promise is about the general Resurrection for the Day of Judgment. In His hands are the keys of life and death.