ق : ٣

  • أَءِذَا What! When
  • مِتۡنَا we die
  • وَكُنَّا and have become
  • تُرَابٗاۖ dust
  • ذَٰلِكَ That
  • رَجۡعُۢ (is) a return
  • بَعِيدٞ far
When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."
What! (read a-idhaa pronouncing both hamzas, or not pronouncing the second, but inserting an alif between the two in both cases) When we are dead and have become dust?, shall we return [to life]? That is a farfetched return!', [an event that is] extremely remote.