The Letter Qaf 50:3

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Arabic English Morphology
أَءِذَا a-idhā
What! When Noun
مِتْنَا mit'nā
we die V
وَكُنَّا wakunnā
and have become V
تُرَابًا turāban
dust Noun
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika
That Noun
رَجْعٌۢ rajʿun
(is) a return Noun
بَعِيدٌ baʿīdun
far Noun

To come back [to life] after we have died and become dust? That is too farfetched.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰاۖ ذَ ٰلِكَ رَجۡعُۢ بَعِیدࣱ ۝٣

a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban dhālika rajʿun baʿīdu