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
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?"