Surah Al-Waqi'ah (الواقعة) • The Inevitable

Quran 56:47

56:47

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

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

And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

— Saheeh International

always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they used to say: "When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be resurrected?

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

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Word by Word

وَكَانُوا۟wakānūAnd they used (to)
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasay
أَئِذَاa-idhāWhen
مِتْنَاmit'nāwe die
وَكُنَّاwakunnāand become
تُرَابًۭاturābandust
وَعِظَـٰمًاwaʿiẓāmanand bones
أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we
لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnasurely be resurrected