The Quran

سورة الواقِعَة

Surah Al-Wâqi‘ah 56:47

The Great Event · Verse 47 of 96

وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And they were wont to say, `Is it that when we are dead and reduced to dust and bones we shall then be raised to life (again)?

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?-

Ahmed Ali

And said: "What! When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we then be raised again?

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Ali Unal

And would say: "What? After we have died and become dust and bones, will we indeed be raised from the dead?

Daryabadi

And they were wont to say: when we have died and become dust and bones, shall we, then, verily be raised?

Faridul Haque

And they used to say, “When we are dead and have turned into dust and bones, will we surely be raised again?”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they used to say: When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be rised?

Maulvi Sher Ali

And they were wont to say, `What ! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we, indeed, be raised again,

Muhammad Asad

and would say, "What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead? -

Muhammad Musin Khan

And they used to say: "When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be resurrected?

Muhammad Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

It was they who said, "Shall we be resurrected after we die and have turned into dust and bones?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And they used to say: What! when we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised?

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "After we die and turn to dust and bones, we get resurrected?

Shabbir Ahmed

And they used to say, “What! When we die and become dust and bones, shall we be raised?