Surah Qaf 50:3 — translation and meaning
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ۖ أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ذَلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِيدٌ
Word by Word
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أَإِذَا
a-idha
What! When
مِتْنَا
mit'na
we die
وَكُنَّا
wakunna
and have become
تُرَابًا
turaban
dust
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
That
رَجْعٌ
raj'un
(is) a return
بَعِيدٌ
ba'idun
far
Transliteration
'A-izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaaban zaalika raj'um ba'eed
Translation
When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant return."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
“Will we be resurrected after we have died and turned into dust? Resurrection, and life returning to our bodies after they have decomposed is a far-fetched thing; it is impossible it will happen.”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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