Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Why - after we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead? –
M. M. Pickthall
When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"What! when we die, and become dust and bones, shall we (then) be raised up (again
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be resurrected?
Safi Kaskas
When We have died and become dust and bones, are we to be resurrected, [37:16)
Wahiduddin Khan
What! When we have died and become dust and bones, will we be brought back to life again
Shakir
What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then certainly be raised
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Is it when we were dead and had been earth dust and bones that we will , truly, be ones who are raised up
T.B.Irving
When we have died and become dust and bones, will we be raised up again?
Abdul Hye
When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then surely be resurrected?
The Study Quran
What! When we have died and are dust and bones are we to be resurrected
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
When we are dead and have become dust and bones, will we be resurrected?
Talal Itani (2012)
When we have died and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected
Dr. Kamal Omar
Whether, when we are dead, and have become dust and bones, shall we then verily be indeed those who have been raised into a new life
What! When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we be raised to life agai
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
When we die and are dust and bones, will we surely be made to rise again indeed
Muhammad Sarwar
They say, "Shall we be brought to life again after we die and turn into dust and bones
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Is it when we have died and become dust and bones, that we shall be raised again
Shabbir Ahmed
"What! When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised again
Dr. Munir Munshey
"Is it possible? Once we die and wither away into dust and bones, would we really be brought back to life?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"What!" (they ask), "When we are dead, and become dust and bones, shall we (then) be resurrected (raised up again)
When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"Can it be that after we die and become dust and bones, that we are resurrected"
Abdel Haleem
‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
When we have become dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then verily be raised
Ahmed Ali
When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, how can we be raised again
Aisha Bewley
When we are dead and turned to dust and bones will we then be raised up again alive?
Ali Ünal
"What! After we have died and become dust and bones, will we then be raised from the dead
Ali Quli Qara'i
‘What! When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected
Hamid S. Aziz
"What! When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then certainly be raised
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
will we be raised after we are dead and turned into dust and bones,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“What, when we die and become dust and bones, will we be raised up
Musharraf Hussain
when we are dead and become dust and bones will we
Maududi
Is it ever possible that after we die and are reduced to dust and (a skeleton of) bones, we will be raised to life
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"Can it be that after we die and become dust and bones, that we are resurrected?"
Mohammad Shafi
"When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised to life again!?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
What! when we become dust and bones after death, shall we necessarily be raised?
"After we die and become dust and bones, do we get resurrected?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Is (it that) if we died and we were dust and bones, are we being resurrected/revived (E)
Bijan Moeinian
They say: “This is nonsense …
Faridul Haque
“When we are dead and have turned into dust and bones, will we certainly be raised again?”
Sher Ali
`What ! when we are dead and have become dust and broken bones, shall we then be raised up again
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
What! When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we certainly be raised (alive again)
Amatul Rahman Omar
`Well (can it be possible that) when we are dead and reduced to dust and bones we shall be raised to life (again)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
"When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we (then) verily be resurrected
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
What? When we have died and we have become dust and rotten bones, are we truly going to be raised?
Munir Mezyed
What! When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we truly be resurrected?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
When we have died and are dust and bones, are we going to be raised again?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
When we die and become dust and bones, will we be resurrected?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Can it be that when we have died and become dust and bones, can it be that we will really be resurrected?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
When we have died and become dust and bones, will we be raised up again?
Samy Mahdy
Is it if we have died and become dust and bones, will we be raised up?
Sayyid Qutb
What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we be raised back to life?
Ahmed Hulusi
“Will we really be resurrected after we die and become dust and bones?”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
(They say:) When we are dead and have become dust and (rotten) bones, shall we (then) be raised up (again)?
Maintaining the false dictum, they add: "How can we be raised after death and be restored to life after we have been reduced to dust and disintegrated bones!"
Mir Aneesuddin
What! when we die and become (part of the) soil and bones, will we (then) be raised,
The Wise Quran
When we are dead, and have become dust and bones, shall we indeed be surely raised?