Quran 17:49 — Al-Israa, verse 49
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They also say, ‘What? When we are turned to bones and dust, shall we really be raised up in a new act of creation?’
وَقَالُوا أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَرُفَاتًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا
waqālū a-idhā kunnā ʿiẓāman warufātan a-innā lamabʿūthūna khalqan jadīdan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They say, 'What, when we are bones and broken bits, shall we really be raised up again in a new creation?'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [thus, too,] they say, "After we will have become bones and dust, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead in a new act of creation?"
- Sahih International
- And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālū | And they say | قول |
| 2 | أَءِذَاa-idhā | Is it when | — |
| 3 | كُنَّاkunnā | we are | كون |
| 4 | عِظَـٰمًۭاʿiẓāman | bones | عظم |
| 5 | وَرُفَـٰتًاwarufātan | and crumbled particles | رفت |
| 6 | أَءِنَّاa-innā | will we | — |
| 7 | لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūna | surely (be) resurrected | بعث |
| 8 | خَلْقًۭاkhalqan | (as) a creation | خلق |
| 9 | جَدِيدًۭاjadīdan | new | جدد |