79. Naziat · verses 10–15

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ

Yaqooloona ainna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati

They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ

Aitha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan

"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"

قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ

Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun

They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"

فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ

Fainnama hiya zajratun wahidatun

But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,

فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ

Faitha hum bialssahirati

When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

Hal ataka hadeethu moosa

Has the story of Moses reached thee?