وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ خَلۡقٗا جَدِيدٗا ٤٩
And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَقَالُوٓاْAnd they saywaqālū
- أَءِذَاIs it whena-idhā
- كُنَّاwe arekunnā
- عِظَٰمٗاbonesʿiẓāman
- وَرُفَٰتًاand crumbled particleswarufātan
- أَءِنَّاwill wea-innā
- لَمَبۡعُوثُونَsurely (be) resurrectedlamabʿūthūna
- خَلۡقٗا(as) a creationkhalqan
- جَدِيدٗاnewjadīdan
Tafsir
The idolaters said in denial of resurrection: When we die and become bones and our bodies decompose, will we be resurrected again? This is impossible.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran