Quran 37:16 — As-Saaffaat, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again,
أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised up?
- Muhammad Asad
- Why - after we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead? –
- Sahih International
- When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَءِذَاa-idhā | Is it when | — |
| 2 | مِتْنَاmit'nā | we are dead | موت |
| 3 | وَكُنَّاwakunnā | and have become | كون |
| 4 | تُرَابًۭاturāban | dust | ترب |
| 5 | وَعِظَـٰمًاwaʿiẓāman | and bones | عظم |
| 6 | أَءِنَّاa-innā | shall we then | — |
| 7 | لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūna | be certainly resurrected | بعث |