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 7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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