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Quran 56:47

Surah Al-Waaqia, Verse 47

Juz 27 · Page 535 · Ruku 470 · Meccan

وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

Word by word

وَكَانُوا۟ wakānū And they used (to) يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna say أَئِذَا a-idhā When مِتْنَا mit'nā we die وَكُنَّا wakunnā and become تُرَابًۭا turāban dust وَعِظَـٰمًا waʿiẓāman and bones أَءِنَّا a-innā will we لَمَبْعُوثُونَ lamabʿūthūna surely be resurrected

Transliteration

Wakanoo yaqooloona a-itha mitnawakunna turaban waAAithamana-inna lamabAAoothoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?-

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يعني أنهم يقولون ذلك مكذبين به مستبعدين لوقوعه.

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.