Surah Ya-Sin, Ayah 78 (36:78)

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وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ

Quran 36:78 is ayah 78 of Surah Ya-Sin (“Ya Sin”), a Meccan surah of 83 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 445 of the Madani Mushaf.

36:78
وَضَرَبَلَنَامَثَلًاوَنَسِىَخَلْقَهُۥ ۖقَالَمَنيُحْىِٱلْعِظَٰمَوَهِىَرَمِيمٌ٧٨
waḍaraba lanā mathalan wanasiya khalqahu qāla man yuḥ'yī l-ʿiẓāma wahiya ramīmun

And he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?"(78)

Word by word

  1. وَضَرَبَwaḍarabaAnd he sets forth
  2. لَنَاlanāfor Us
  3. مَثَلًاmathalanan example
  4. وَنَسِىَwanasiyaand forgets
  5. خَلْقَهُۥ ۖkhalqahuhis (own) creation
  6. قَالَqālaHe says
  7. مَنmanWho
  8. يُحْىِyuḥ'yīwill give life
  9. ٱلْعِظَٰمَl-ʿiẓāma(to) the bones
  10. وَهِىَwahiyawhile they
  11. رَمِيمٌramīmun(are) decomposed

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