Surah As-Saffat (الصافات) • Those who set the Ranks

Quran 37:16

37:16

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

— Saheeh International

‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we (then) verily be resurrected?

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

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Word by Word

أَءِذَاa-idhāIs it when
مِتْنَاmit'nāwe are dead
وَكُنَّاwakunnāand have become
تُرَابًۭاturābandust
وَعِظَـٰمًاwaʿiẓāmanand bones
أَءِنَّاa-innāshall we then
لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnabe certainly resurrected