Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and would say, “What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead?
M. M. Pickthall
And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They used to ask ˹mockingly˺, “When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be resurrected?
Safi Kaskas
and they used to say, "When we’re dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we then be resurrected,
Wahiduddin Khan
and they used to say, What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised up again
Shakir
And they used to say: What! when we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And they had been saying: When we died and had been earth dust and bones, will we, then, be ones who are raised up?
T.B.Irving
and kept on saying: ´When we have died and become dust and bones, will we be raised up again?
Abdul Hye
and they used to say: “When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be resurrected?
The Study Quran
and would say, “What! When we are dead and have become dust and bones, are we to be resurrected
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And they used to say, “After we die and become dust and bones, will we be resurrected?
Talal Itani (2012)
And they used to say, 'When we are dead and turned into dust and bones, are we to be resurrected
Dr. Kamal Omar
And they used to say: “Whether, when we have died and we changed into dust and bones shall surely we be indeed those who stand resurrected
and used to say: "When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we then be raised to life again
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And they used to say, "When we die and are dust and bones, will we surely be made to rise again
Muhammad Sarwar
It was they who said, "Shall we be resurrected after we die and have turned into dust and bones
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and used to say, .Is it that when we die and become dust__is it that we will be raised again
Shabbir Ahmed
And they used to say, "What! When we die and become dust and bones, shall we possibly be raised
Dr. Munir Munshey
They used to say, "After we die and wither away into dust and bones, would we really be brought back to life?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be Resurrected again
And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And they used to Say: "After we die and turn to dust and bones, we will get resurrected"
Abdel Haleem
always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And they were wont to say: when we have died and become dust and bones, shall we, then, verily be raised
Ahmed Ali
And said: "What! When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we then be raised again
Aisha Bewley
and saying, ´When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we then be raised again
Ali Ünal
And would say: "What? After we have died and become dust and bones, will we indeed be raised from the dead
Ali Quli Qara'i
And they used to say, ‘What! When we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected
Hamid S. Aziz
And they used to say, "What! When we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and they used to say: “Will we be raised when we die and become dust and bones?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And they used to say, “What, when we die and become dust and bones, will we then indeed be raised up again
Musharraf Hussain
And said, “What, when we are dead and turned to dust and bones, will we be resurrected?
Maududi
They used to say: "What! Once we are dead and are reduced to dust and bones, shall we still be raised to a new life from the dead
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And they used to say: "After we die and turn to dust and bones, we will get resurrected?"
Mohammad Shafi
And they used to say, "Once we are dead and are reduced to dust and bones, shall we then be raised to a new life!?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And used to say, what! When we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we necessarily be raised up?
They said, "After we die and turn to dust and bones, we get resurrected?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and constantly said: 'What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we then be restored to life
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And they used to say: When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be rised
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And they were saying: "Is (it that) if we died, and we were dust/earth and bones, are we being resurrected/revived?"
Bijan Moeinian
They used to jokingly say: “When we die and turn into dust and bones, will we be raised up again?”
Faridul Haque
And they used to say, “When we are dead and have turned into dust and bones, will we surely be raised again?”
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
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And they used to say: ‘When we are dead and become (a heap of) dust and (decomposed bones), shall we then be raised up (alive again)
Amatul Rahman 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)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And they used to say: "When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be resurrected
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And they used to say, “Is it that when we die and have become dust and bones are we certainly going to be raised again?
Munir Mezyed
They used to ask (mockingly): "When we die and turn to dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And said: when we have died and are dust and bones, are we going to be raised again?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They used to say, “When we die and become dust and bones, will we really be raised again,…
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and they used to say, “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
and kept on saying: 'When we have died and become dust and bones, will we be raised up again?
Samy Mahdy
And they were saying, “Is it if we died and we became dust and bones, are we surely raised up?
Ahmed Hulusi
They used to say, “Will we really continue to live (be resurrected) with another body once we have died and become dust and bones?”
Mir Aneesuddin
and they used to say, “What! when we are dead and become (part of the) soil and bones, shall we indeed be raised (to life again),
They always maintained their false dictum that: " How can we be raised after death when we have been reduced to dust and bones? "
The Wise Quran
And they used to say, 'When we die and we become dust and bones, will we indeed, surely be raised?