Surah Qaf, Ayah 3 (50:3)

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أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ

Quran 50:3 is ayah 3 of Surah Qaf (“The Letter "Qaf"”), a Meccan surah of 45 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 518 of the Madani Mushaf.

50:3
أَءِذَامِتْنَاوَكُنَّاتُرَابًا ۖذَٰلِكَرَجْعٌۢبَعِيدٌ٣
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban dhālika rajʿun baʿīdun

When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."(3)

Word by word

  1. أَءِذَاa-idhāWhat! When
  2. مِتْنَاmit'nāwe die
  3. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand have become
  4. تُرَابًا ۖturābandust
  5. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  6. رَجْعٌۢrajʿun(is) a return
  7. بَعِيدٌbaʿīdunfar

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