Surah Ya-Sin (يس) • Ya Sin

Quran 36:78

36:78

وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَـٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ

waḍaraba lanā mathalan wanasiya khalqahu qāla man yuḥ'yī l-ʿiẓāma wahiya ramīmun

And he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?"

— Saheeh International

producing arguments against Us, forgetting his own creation. He says, ‘Who can give life back to bones after they have decayed?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And he puts forth for Us a parable, and forgets his own creation. He says: "Who will give life to these bones after they are rotten and have become dust?"

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

Juz 23Page 445meccan

Word by Word

وَضَرَبَwaḍarabaAnd he sets forth
لَنَاlanāfor Us
مَثَلًۭاmathalanan example
وَنَسِىَwanasiyaand forgets
خَلْقَهُۥۖkhalqahuhis (own) creation
قَالَqālaHe says
مَنmanWho
يُحْىِyuḥ'yīwill give life
ٱلْعِظَـٰمَl-ʿiẓāma(to) the bones
وَهِىَwahiyawhile they
رَمِيمٌۭramīmun(are) decomposed