Quran 27:67 — An-Naml, verse 67
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So the disbelievers say, ‘What! When we and our forefathers have become dust, shall we be brought back to life again?
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَإِذَا كُنَّا تُرَابًا وَآبَاؤُنَا أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ
waqāla alladhīna kafarū a-idhā kunnā turāban waābāunā a-innā lamukh'rajūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The unbelievers say, 'What, when we are dust, and our fathers, shall we indeed be brought forth?
- Muhammad Asad
- And so, they who are bent on denying the truth are saying: “What! After we have become dust - we and our forefathers - shall we [all], forsooth, be brought forth [from the dead]?
- Sahih International
- And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And say | قول |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 4 | أَءِذَاa-idhā | What, when | — |
| 5 | كُنَّاkunnā | we have become | كون |
| 6 | تُرَٰبًۭاturāban | dust | ترب |
| 7 | وَءَابَآؤُنَآwaābāunā | and our forefathers | أبو |
| 8 | أَئِنَّاa-innā | will we | — |
| 9 | لَمُخْرَجُونَlamukh'rajūna | surely be brought out | خرج |