Surah Al-Waqi'ah — Verse 47

The Inevitable · 56:47 · 47/96

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

Wakanoo yaqooloona a-itha mitnawakunna turaban waAAithamana-inna lamabAAoothoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

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

Marmaduke Pickthall

And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?-

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and used to say, “Is it that when we die and become dust-is it that we will be raised again,

Al-Hilali & Khan

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

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

They used to say: “What! Once we are dead and are reduced to dust and bones, shall we still be raised to a new life from the dead?

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

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