Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 82 (23:82)

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قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

Quran 23:82 is ayah 82 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 347 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:82
قَالُوٓا۟أَءِذَامِتْنَاوَكُنَّاتُرَابًاوَعِظَٰمًاأَءِنَّالَمَبْعُوثُونَ٨٢
qālū a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?(82)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
  2. أَءِذَاa-idhāWhat! When
  3. مِتْنَاmit'nāwe are dead
  4. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand become
  5. تُرَابًاturābandust
  6. وَعِظَٰمًاwaʿiẓāmanand bones
  7. أَءِنَّاa-innāwould we
  8. لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnasurely be resurrected

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