37:16
أَءِذَامِتْنَاوَكُنَّاتُرَابًاوَعِظَٰمًاأَءِنَّالَمَبْعُوثُونَ١٦
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna
When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?(16)
Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 16 (37:16)
ٱلصَّافَّات
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
Quran 37:16 is ayah 16 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 446 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 23
- Hizb 45
- Page 446
- Ruku 1
- Revealed Mecca
Word by word
- أَءِذَاa-idhāIs it when
- مِتْنَاmit'nāwe are dead
- وَكُنَّاwakunnāand have become
- تُرَابًاturābandust
- وَعِظَٰمًاwaʿiẓāmanand bones
- أَءِنَّاa-innāshall we then
- لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnabe certainly resurrected
Tafsir (commentary) of 37:16
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This commentary explains ayahs 37:11–19 together.