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Surah Al-Qiyamah — 75:4

بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ

Balaa qaadireena 'alaaa an nusawwiya banaanah

In fact, We can reshape his very fingertips.

Yes indeed — we are able to shape even his fingertips.

Reflection

The answer overshoots the question. Verse three asked about gathering scattered bones; the reply names banān, the fingers and their tips, and the verb for what will be done to them is the one used elsewhere of the original forming of a body. Reassembly is described as a second shaping, carried out to the same finish as the first.

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