Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 53 (37:53)

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أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

Quran 37:53 is ayah 53 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 448 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:53
أَءِذَامِتْنَاوَكُنَّاتُرَابًاوَعِظَٰمًاأَءِنَّالَمَدِينُونَ٥٣
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamadīnūna

That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"(53)

Word by word

  1. أَءِذَاa-idhāIs (it) when
  2. مِتْنَاmit'nāwe have died
  3. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand become
  4. تُرَابًاturābandust
  5. وَعِظَٰمًاwaʿiẓāmanand bones
  6. أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we
  7. لَمَدِينُونَlamadīnūnasurely be brought to Judgment

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