Surah As-Saffat — Verse 16

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أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

A-itha mitna wakunnaturaban waAAithaman a-innalamabAAoothoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again,

Marmaduke Pickthall

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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"What! when we die, and become dust and bones, shall we (then) be raised up (again)

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Is it when we have died and become dust and bones, that we shall be raised again,

Al-Hilali & Khan

"When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we (then) verily be resurrected?

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Is it ever possible that after we die and are reduced to dust and (a skeleton of) bones, we will be raised to life?

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

Why - after we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead? –