سورة قٓ
Surah Qâf 50:3
Allâh is Almighty · Verse 3 of 45
أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِيدٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
`What! when we are dead and reduced to dust, (shall we be raised to life again)? This (sort of) return is highly impossible.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding).î
Ahmed Ali
When we are dead and turned to dust, this returning (to life) is most far-fetched."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
"When we have died and become dust (you say, we will be raised from the dead)? That is a far-fetched return!"
Daryabadi
Shell We be brought back when we are dead and have become dust? That is a return remote!
Faridul Haque
“When we are dead and have turned to dust, will we be raised again? That return is impossible!”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When we die and become dust -- that is a far return.
Maulvi Sher Ali
`What ! when we are dead and have become dust, shall we be raised up again? That is a return far from possible.'
Muhammad Asad
Why - [how could we be resurrected] after we have died and become mere dust? Such a return seems far-fetched indeed!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be resurrected?) That is a far return.
Muhammad Pickthall
When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back again)? That would be a far return!
Muhammad Sarwar
that after we die and become dust, we shall be brought back to life again. This seems far from reality".
Muhammed ali Shakir
What! when we are dead and have become dust? That is afar (from probable) return.
Rashad Khalifa
After we die and become dust; this is impossible.
Shabbir Ahmed
What! After we have died and become dust? Such a return seems far-fetched!”
Commentary 50:3 The Wise Creator could not have brought into existence this complex universe without a sublime purpose behind its creation, and the Qur’ân is means and…
أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِيدٌ
50:3 The Wise Creator could not have brought into existence this complex universe without a sublime purpose behind its creation, and the Qur’ân is means and instrument to achieve that purpose.