Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:98

17:98

ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا وَرُفَـٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

dhālika jazāuhum bi-annahum kafarū biāyātinā waqālū a-idhā kunnā ʿiẓāman warufātan a-innā lamabʿūthūna khalqan jadīdan

That is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our verses and said, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected [in] a new creation?"

— Saheeh International

This is what they will get for rejecting Our signs and saying, ‘What? When we are turned to bones and dust, how can we be raised in a new act of creation?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

That is their recompense, because they denied Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and said: "When we are bones and fragments, shall we really be raised up as a new creation?"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 15Page 292meccan

Word by Word

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
جَزَآؤُهُمjazāuhum(is) their recompense
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Verses
وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūand said
أَءِذَاa-idhāWhen
كُنَّاkunnāwe are
عِظَـٰمًۭاʿiẓāmanbones
وَرُفَـٰتًاwarufātanand crumbled particles
أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we
لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnasurely (be) resurrected
خَلْقًۭاkhalqan(as) a creation
جَدِيدًاjadīdannew