Surah 56 · verse 47
Al-Waqi'ah 56:47
Sign in to listenوَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
wa-kanu yaqulun a'idha mitna wa-kunna turaban wa-'izaman a'inna lamab'uthun
And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
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Context in the surah
لَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ
Neither cool nor beneficial.
Verse 45إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ
Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,
Verse 46وَكَانُوا يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى الْحِنثِ الْعَظِيمِ
And they used to persist in the great violation,
وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ
And our forefathers [as well]?"
Verse 49قُلْ إِنَّ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ
Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, the former and the later peoples
Verse 50لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."