Quran 36:78 — Yaseen, verse 78
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
producing arguments against Us, forgetting his own creation. He says, ‘Who can give life back to bones after they have decayed?’
وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ ۖ قَالَ مَنْ يُحْيِي الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٌ
waḍaraba lanā mathalan wanasiya khalqahu qāla man yuḥ'yī l-ʿiẓāma wahiya ramīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And he has struck for Us a similitude and forgotten his creation; he says, 'Who shall quicken the bones when they are decayed?'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [now] he [argues about Us, and] thinks of Us in terms of comparison, and is oblivious of how he himself was created! [And so] he says, “Who could give life to bones that have crumbled to dust?”
- Sahih International
- And he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَضَرَبَwaḍaraba | And he sets forth | ضرب |
| 2 | لَنَاlanā | for Us | — |
| 3 | مَثَلًۭاmathalan | an example | مثل |
| 4 | وَنَسِىَwanasiya | and forgets | نسي |
| 5 | خَلْقَهُۥ ۖkhalqahu | his (own) creation | خلق |
| 6 | قَالَqāla | He says | قول |
| 7 | مَنman | Who | — |
| 8 | يُحْىِyuḥ'yī | will give life | حيي |
| 9 | ٱلْعِظَـٰمَl-ʿiẓāma | (to) the bones | عظم |
| 10 | وَهِىَwahiya | while they | — |
| 11 | رَمِيمٌۭramīmun | (are) decomposed | رمم |