Al-Waaqia 56:47
The Inevitable · ayah 47 of 96
وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
Wakanoo yaqooloona a-itha mitnawakunna turaban waAAithamana-inna lamabAAoothoon
"And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?"
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up?"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?-"