(And man saith: When I am dead, shall I forsooth be brought forth alive?) [19:66].
Al-Kalbi said: “This verse was revealed about Ubayy ibn Khalaf when he held with his hand decaying bones and said: ‘Muhammad made a claim to you that we will be resurrected after we die!’ ”.
Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi , trans. Mokrane Guezzou