79:11
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Those Who Drag Forth
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ
Even if we should be decayed bones?
Nearby ayahs help place verse 79:11 in sequence and meaning.
أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌۭ
Their eyes humbled.
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ
They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?
قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًۭا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌۭ
They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ
Indeed, it will be but one shout,