أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ١٦
When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَءِذَاIs it whena-idhā
- مِتۡنَاwe are deadmit'nā
- وَكُنَّاand have becomewakunnā
- تُرَابٗاdustturāban
- وَعِظَٰمًاand boneswaʿiẓāman
- أَءِنَّاshall we thena-innā
- لَمَبۡعُوثُونَbe certainly resurrectedlamabʿūthūna
Tafsir
“So when we die and become dust and decomposed, crumbling bones, will we be resurrected alive after that? That is indeed, far-fetched.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran