Quran 56:47 — Al-Waaqia, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up?
وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
wakānū yaqūlūna a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- ever saying, 'What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised up?
- Muhammad Asad
- and would say, “What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead? -
- Sahih International
- And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَانُوا۟wakānū | And they used (to) | كون |
| 2 | يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna | say | قول |
| 3 | أَئِذَاa-idhā | When | — |
| 4 | مِتْنَاmit'nā | we die | موت |
| 5 | وَكُنَّاwakunnā | and become | كون |
| 6 | تُرَابًۭاturāban | dust | ترب |
| 7 | وَعِظَـٰمًاwaʿiẓāman | and bones | عظم |
| 8 | أَءِنَّاa-innā | will we | — |
| 9 | لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūna | surely be resurrected | بعث |