Surah Al-Isra — Verse 49

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وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا وَرُفَـٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

Waqaloo a-itha kunnaAAithaman warufatan a-innalamabAAoothoona khalqan jadeeda

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

They also say, ‘What? When we are turned to bones and dust, shall we really be raised up in a new act of creation?’

Marmaduke Pickthall

And they say: When we are bones and fragments, shall we forsooth, be raised up as a new creation?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They say: "What! when we are reduced to bones and dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new creation?"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And they say, “Once we are reduced to bones and dust, is it then that we will be raised, created anew?”

Al-Hilali & Khan

And they say: "When we are bones and fragments (destroyed), should we really be resurrected (to be) a new creation?"

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

They say: "When we are turned to bones and particles (of dust), shall we truly be raised up as a new creation?"