أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗاۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجۡعُۢ بَعِيدٞ ٣
When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَءِذَاWhat! Whena-idhā
- مِتۡنَاwe diemit'nā
- وَكُنَّاand have becomewakunnā
- تُرَابٗاۖdustturāban
- ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
- رَجۡعُۢ(is) a returnrajʿun
- بَعِيدٞfarbaʿīdun
Tafsir
“Will we be resurrected after we have died and turned into dust? Resurrection, and life returning to our bodies after they have decomposed is a far-fetched thing; it is impossible it will happen.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran