Surah Al-Mu'minun — Verse 82

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قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

Qaloo a-itha mitnawakunna turaban waAAithamana-inna lamabAAoothoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

they say, ‘What? When we die and turn to dust and bones, shall we really be resurrected?

Marmaduke Pickthall

They say: When we are dead and have become (mere) dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They say: "What! when we die and become dust and bones, could we really be raised up again?

Mufti Taqi Usmani

They said, “Is it that, when we will die and become dust and bones - is it that we will be raised again?

Al-Hilali & Khan

They said: "When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected indeed?

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

They say: "Is it that when we are dead and have been reduced to dust and bones, shall we then be raised up again?

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

they say: “What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead?

Rowwad · source edition

They say, “Is it that when we die and become dust and bones, will we really be resurrected[38]?

Notes

[38] The One Who created the earth and everything on it from nothing, it is easy for Him to re-create them once again.