يَقُولُونَ
Yaqūlūna
Quran 79 : 10
They say, "Will we indeed be returned to the former state?
أَءِنَّا
Aaʾinnā
لَمَرْدُودُونَ
Lamardūdūna
فِى
Fiā
ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
Alḥāfirahi
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They say: "Shall we be returned to live our lives."
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state
Wahiduddin Khan
They say, What? shall we be brought back to life
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]
The Wise Quran
They say, 'Will we indeed be surely sent back to the former state?
The Study Quran
They will say, “Are we to be restored as we were before
Talal Itani (2012)
They say, 'Are we to be restored to the original condition
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They question, “Are we to be restored from the hollow?
T.B.Irving
They will say: "Will we be restored to our original state
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(Now) they say: "What! Shall we really be returned to (our) former state
Sher Ali
They say, `Shall we really be restored to our former state
Shakir
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state
Shabbir Ahmed
They say, "What! Shall we ever be returned to the ditch of anonymity?" ('Hufrah' = Ditch = Not noteworthy = Lowly = Unremarkable = Insignificant)
Samy Mahdy
They say, “Are we being returned to the ancient state?
Safi Kaskas
They say, "Are we to be restored to the original condition"?
Rashad Khalifa
They will say, "We have been recreated from the grave
N J Dawood 2014
They say: ‘When we are turned to hollow bones, shall we be restored to life?‘
Mustaqim
They will say: are we to be returned to our prior state,
Mustafa Khattab 2018
˹But now˺ they ask ˹mockingly˺, “Will we really be restored to our former state,
Musharraf Hussain
Today they ask, “Will we be returned to our previous state,
MunirMezyed2023
They say: “What! Are we really brought back to our former state?
Munir Mezyed
They say: “What! Will we indeed be brought back to our former state
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They (the infidels) say, .Are we going to be brought back to our former state (of Life)
Muhammad Sarwar
(The disbelievers) say, "Shall we be brought back to life agai
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first stat
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They will say, "will we surely be turned back to our former state? (Some interpret the Arabic to mean "in the grave" or "gravediggers")
Muhammad Asad
[And yet,] some say, "What! Are we indeed to be restored to our former state –
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
They say: "Are we returning (E) in the first creation ?"
Mohammad Shafi
They ask, "Shall we be brought back to life [after death?]"
Mir Aneesuddin
They say, “Shall we be restored to our first state,
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state
Maududi
They say: "Shall we indeed be restored to life
Linda "iLham" Barto
They say, “Will we really be returned to the former state?
John Medows Rodwell
The infidels will say, "Shall we indeed be restored as at first
Irving/Hegab
They will say: "Will we be restored to our original state
Hilali - Khan
They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They say: 'What, are we being restored as we were before
Hamid S. Aziz
They say, "Shall we indeed be restored to our first state
George Sale
The infidels say, shall we surely be made to return whence we came
Fode Drame
They will say, “Are we surely going to be brought back in our graves to our former state?
Faridul Haque
The disbelievers say, “Will we really return to our former state?”
Edward Henry Palmer
They say, 'Shall we be sent back to our old course?
Dr. Munir Munshey
They are saying, "What? Would we really be restored back to our former (state of) existence?"
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
The disbelievers say: ‘Shall we be reverted to the former life
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They say: Will we be restored to our original state
Dr. Kamal Omar
They say: “Shall indeed, we be surely those who have been returned back to the ditch of the earth? [The first blowing of the Trumpet makes every body dead; the 2nd blowing which follows it, revives the dead. The dead when revived from their burial places are confused and agitated. Out of fear and anxiety they utter these statements]
Corpus.Quran
They say Will we indeed be returned to the former state
Bilal Muhammad 2018
They say, “What, will we indeed be returned to our former state
Bijan Moeinian
t that time the disbelievers will say: “Now we believe being called back from our graves is a truth.”
Bakhtiari Nejad
they say: “Will we be restored to the original form,
Arthur John Arberry
They shall say, 'What, are we being restored as we were before
Amatul Rahman Omar
(These are the people) who say, `Shall we (really) be restored to (our) former state (after we are dead)
Ali Ãœnal
Yet, they (the unbelievers) say: "Will we really be restored to our former state (of life)
Ali Quli Qara'i
They will say, ‘Are we being returned to our earlier state
Aisha Bewley
They will say, ´Are we to be restored to how we were?
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
The infidels say. "shall we really be restored to our former state"?
Ahmed Hulusi
Yet still they say, “Will we really be returned to our former state (back to life, after having become dust); is resurrection really true?”
Ahmed Ali
They say: "Shall we go back to our original stat
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They say: shall we indeed be restored to the first state
Abdul Hye
They (disbelievers) say: “Shall we really be returned to the former state of life,
Abdel Haleem
They say, ‘What? shall we be brought back to life