Quran 37:53 — As-Saaffaat, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
after we die and become dust and bone, we shall be brought for judgement?”’
أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamadīnūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be requited?"
- Muhammad Asad
- [that] after we have died and become mere dust and bones we shall, forsooth, be brought to judgment?”’
- Sahih International
- That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَءِذَاa-idhā | Is (it) when | — |
| 2 | مِتْنَاmit'nā | we have died | موت |
| 3 | وَكُنَّاwakunnā | and become | كون |
| 4 | تُرَابًۭاturāban | dust | ترب |
| 5 | وَعِظَـٰمًاwaʿiẓāman | and bones | عظم |
| 6 | أَءِنَّاa-innā | will we | — |
| 7 | لَمَدِينُونَlamadīnūna | surely be brought to Judgment | دين |