← Surah 36

36:78

وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَـٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ

Word by word

وَضَرَبَ
And he sets forth
Verb
Root: ضرب
لَنَا
for Us
Preposition
مَثَلًا
an example
Noun
Root: مثل
وَنَسِىَ
and forgets
Verb
Root: نسي
خَلْقَهُۥ
his (own) creation
Noun
Root: خلق
قَالَ
He says
Verb
Root: قول
مَن
Who
Noun
يُحْىِ
will give life
Verb
Root: حيي
ٱلْعِظَٰمَ
(to) the bones
Noun
Root: عظم
وَهِىَ
while they
Preposition
رَمِيمٌ
(are) decomposed
Noun
Root: رمم

Translation

And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own (origin and) Creation: He says, "Who can give life to (dry) bones and decomposed ones (at that)?"

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Yaratılışını unutarak bize bir de mesel fırlattı: "Kim diriltecekmiş o çürümüş kemikleri?" dedi.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Kendi yaratılışını unutarak bize örnek vermeye kalkışmış ve “Çürümüş kemikleri kim diriltebilirmiş ki!” demişti.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away?

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain