Quran 50:3 — Qaaf, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
To come back [to life] after we have died and become dust? That is too farfetched.’
أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِيدٌ
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban dhālika rajʿun baʿīdun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, when we are dead and become dust? That is a far returning!'
- Muhammad Asad
- Why - [how could we be resurrected] after we have died and become mere dust? Such a return seems far-fetched indeed!”
- Sahih International
- When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَءِذَاa-idhā | What! When | — |
| 2 | مِتْنَاmit'nā | we die | موت |
| 3 | وَكُنَّاwakunnā | and have become | كون |
| 4 | تُرَابًۭا ۖturāban | dust | ترب |
| 5 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 6 | رَجْعٌۢrajʿun | (is) a return | رجع |
| 7 | بَعِيدٌۭbaʿīdun | far | بعد |