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The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming 56:47

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Arabic	English	Morphology
وَكَانُوا۟ wakānū	And they used (to)	V
يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna	say	V
أَئِذَا a-idhā	When	Noun
مِتْنَا mit'nā	we die	V
وَكُنَّا wakunnā	and become	V
تُرَابًا turāban	dust	Noun
وَعِظَٰمًا waʿiẓāman	and bones	Noun
أَءِنَّا a-innā	will we	Prep
لَمَبْعُوثُونَ lamabʿūthūna	surely be resurrected	Noun

always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up

— Abdel Haleem

وَكَانُوا۟ یَقُولُونَ أَىِٕذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ۝٤٧

wakānū yaqūlūna a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūn

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Verses with similar phrasing (mutashabihat al-alfaz). Shared words are highlighted.

37:16 60%

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūn

‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again

23:82 54%

قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

qālū a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūn

they say, ‘What? When we die and turn to dust and bones, shall we really be resurrected

37:53 41%

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamadīnūn

after we die and become dust and bone, we shall be brought for judgement?”’

50:3 13%

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ

a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban dhālika rajʿun baʿīdu

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