This phrase is a dilemma found throughout the world till today, and it will be present in every moment till Allah (swt) inherits the earth and everyone on it. Therefore, we will discuss this issue here.

(… حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا… ) (…worldly life …): This Arabic phrase literally means: (our lower life). Since this life is the lower life, there must be a higher life which is its opposite.

(  وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ … ) (…, and we will not be resurrected.”): The question here is: What is the proof for what you say, which is that you will not be resurrected on the Day of Standing, and that you will not be recompensed or punished?

Our proof, that all of these will happen, is that Allah (swt) exists. Thus, our discussion will concern the main point of it all; Allah’s existence. Since Allah’s existence has been proven scientifically, logically and fiducially, and the Prophets have truthfully conveyed the message from their God, then we must totally believe in it.

This is because, we have verified through the intellect, evidence and proofs that this existence has a Creator, that Allah (swt) is the One who brought it into existence, that the occurrence of effects points to the one who caused them, and that it is impossible that this universe, in its vastness and order, came about without any maker.

We have also believed that this truthful and trustworthy Prophet has conveyed the Holy Quran and has challenged mankind with its truthfulness, rhetoric and knowledge that can be found in it. Up till this day, no one has been able to deny any verse in the Holy Quran, nor has anyone been able to claim that any verse conflicts with an established and tested piece of knowledge. However, what happened was that:

(  وَقَالُوا إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ) (And they say, “There is none but our worldly life, and we will not be resurrected.”): They wished that they would not be resurrected, so that they could commit atrocities, follow their desires and escape from following rules. Thus, they also wished that there would not be a day of reckoning, which is a main part of belief. For if we believe in Allah (swt), we must also accordingly believe that there is a hereafter, as Allah (swt) surely did not create us without purpose. Furthermore, there are the oppressors and the oppressed, the killers and those killed, the thieves and those who were robbed, and the poor who remained patient and the rich who wasted what they had. So, all of this will be settled in the hereafter, as Allah (swt) says:

 وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئًا وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا وَكَفَى بِنَا حَاسِبِينَ

(We will set up the scales of justice on the Day of Judgment, so no soul will be wronged in the least. And (even) if a deed is the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as a (vigilant) Reckoner) (Al-Anbiya: 47)

This is the Day that they want to run away from.