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وَقَالُوْا لِجُلُوْدِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدْتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا ۗقَالُوْٓا اَنْطَقَنَا اللّٰهُ الَّذِيْٓ اَنْطَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَّهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۙ وَّاِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُوْنَ  ( فصلت: ٢١ )

waqālū
وَقَالُوا۟
And they will say
lijulūdihim
لِجُلُودِهِمْ
to their skins
lima
لِمَ
"Why do
shahidttum
شَهِدتُّمْ
you testify
ʿalaynā
عَلَيْنَاۖ
against us?"
qālū
قَالُوٓا۟
They will say
anṭaqanā
أَنطَقَنَا
"Allah made us speak
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
"Allah made us speak
alladhī
ٱلَّذِىٓ
the One Who
anṭaqa
أَنطَقَ
makes speak
kulla
كُلَّ
every
shayin
شَىْءٍ
thing
wahuwa
وَهُوَ
and He
khalaqakum
خَلَقَكُمْ
created you
awwala
أَوَّلَ
(the) first
marratin
مَرَّةٍ
time
wa-ilayhi
وَإِلَيْهِ
and to Him
tur'jaʿūna
تُرْجَعُونَ
you will be returned"

Wa qaaloo lijuloodihim lima shahittum 'alainaa qaaloo antaqanal laahul lazeee antaqa kulla shai'inw wa Huwa khalaqakum awwala marratinw wa ilaihi turja'oon (Fuṣṣilat 41:21)

Sahih International:

And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allah, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned. (Fussilat [41] : 21)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

And they will say to their skins, “Why did you testify against us?” They (the skins) will say, “We were made to speak by Allah, the One who has made every thing to speak.” And He had created you the first time, and to Him you are going to be returned.