56. Vakia · verses 47–48

وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ

Wakanoo yaqooloona aitha mitna wakunna turaban waAAithaman ainna lamabAAoothoona

And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?-

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

Awa abaona alawwaloona

"(We) and our fathers of old?"