سورة الصافات، الآية ٥٣
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ٥٣
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamadīnūna
That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"
Verse 53 of Surah As-Saffat (37:53), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 448 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
79 recitations by 73 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
“When we die and turn into dust and decayed bones, will we then be resurrected and requited for our deeds we did in the world?”
that when we die and become dust and bones, shall we be brought for judgment?’”
"(That) when we die and become dust and bones, shall we indeed (be raised up) to receive reward or punishment (according to our deeds)?"
Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book?
"'When we die and become dust and bones, shall we indeed receive rewards and punishments?'"
What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be certainly brought to judgment?
When we die and are dust and bones, will we surely be doomed (Or: judged) indeed?"
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ
When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."
