Quran 79:11 — An-Naazi'aat, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
after we have turned into decayed bones?’ and they say,
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَخِرَةً
a-idhā kunnā ʿiẓāman nakhiratan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, when we are bones old and wasted?'
- Muhammad Asad
- even though we may have become [a heap of] crumbling bones?"
- Sahih International
- Even if we should be decayed bones?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَءِذَاa-idhā | What! When | — |
| 2 | كُنَّاkunnā | we are | كون |
| 3 | عِظَـٰمًۭاʿiẓāman | bones | عظم |
| 4 | نَّخِرَةًۭnakhiratan | decayed | نخر |