Quran 17:98 — Al-Israa, verse 98
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
This is what they will get for rejecting Our signs and saying, ‘What? When we are turned to bones and dust, how can we be raised in a new act of creation?’
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَاؤُهُمْ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَقَالُوا أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَرُفَاتًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا
dhālika jazāuhum bi-annahum kafarū biāyātinā waqālū a-idhā kunnā ʿiẓāman warufātan a-innā lamabʿūthūna khalqan jadīdan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- That is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our signs and said, 'What, when we are bones and broken bits, shall we really be raised up again in a new creation?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Such will be their requital for having rejected Our messages and having said, "After we will have become bones and dust, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead in a new act of creation?"
- Sahih International
- That is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our verses and said, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected [in] a new creation?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 2 | جَزَآؤُهُمjazāuhum | (is) their recompense | جزي |
| 3 | بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum | because they | — |
| 4 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 5 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātinā | in Our Verses | أيي |
| 6 | وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālū | and said | قول |
| 7 | أَءِذَاa-idhā | When | — |
| 8 | كُنَّاkunnā | we are | كون |
| 9 | عِظَـٰمًۭاʿiẓāman | bones | عظم |
| 10 | وَرُفَـٰتًاwarufātan | and crumbled particles | رفت |
| 11 | أَءِنَّاa-innā | will we | — |
| 12 | لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūna | surely (be) resurrected | بعث |
| 13 | خَلْقًۭاkhalqan | (as) a creation | خلق |
| 14 | جَدِيدًاjadīdan | new | جدد |