Quran 23:82 — Al-Muminoon, verse 82
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
they say, ‘What? When we die and turn to dust and bones, shall we really be resurrected?
قَالُوا أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
qālū a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be indeed raised up?
- Muhammad Asad
- they say: “What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead?
- Sahih International
- They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | أَءِذَاa-idhā | What! When | — |
| 3 | مِتْنَاmit'nā | we are dead | موت |
| 4 | وَكُنَّاwakunnā | and become | كون |
| 5 | تُرَابًۭاturāban | dust | ترب |
| 6 | وَعِظَـٰمًاwaʿiẓāman | and bones | عظم |
| 7 | أَءِنَّاa-innā | would we | — |
| 8 | لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūna | surely be resurrected | بعث |