وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ٤٧
And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَكَانُواْAnd they used (to)wakānū
- يَقُولُونَsayyaqūlūna
- أَئِذَاWhena-idhā
- مِتۡنَاwe diemit'nā
- وَكُنَّاand becomewakunnā
- تُرَابٗاdustturāban
- وَعِظَٰمًاand boneswaʿiẓāman
- أَءِنَّاwill wea-innā
- لَمَبۡعُوثُونَsurely be resurrectedlamabʿūthūna
Tafsir
They also used to reject the resurrection, and they would say regarding it, mocking it and thinking it to be far-fetched: “What, when we die and become dust and decayed and decomposed bones, shall we be resurrected after that?”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran