The Night Journey
17. Al-Isrā’
الإسراء
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وَقَالُوا
أَإِذَا
كُنَّا
عِظَامًا
وَرُفَاتًا
أَإِنَّا
لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
خَلْقًا
جَدِيدًا
wa-qālū ʾa-ʾidhā kunnā ʿiẓāman wa-rufātan ʾa-ʾinnā la-mabʿūthūna khalqan jadīdan
They say, ‘What, when we have become bones and dust, shall we really be raised in a new creation?’
— Ali Quli Qarai
They say: "What! when we are reduced to bones and dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new creation?"