What does Quran 79:11 mean?

Quran 79:11 (Surah An-Naazi'aat, Ayah 11) translates to: "Even if we should be decayed bones?"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 79:11 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Naazi'aat (Those who drag forth), the 79th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Yes — there are 2 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Resurrection, Day of Judgment, Divine Power, Tawhid, Eschatological Reality.

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا نَّخِرَةًۭ

Aizaa kunna 'izaa man-nakhirah

Even if we should be decayed bones?

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7 other themes with weak connections

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Day of Judgment

79:11Ayah 146

9 ayahs in An-Naazi'aat are strongly about the Day of Judgment.

Scholars offer complementary perspectives

What! When we have been decayed bones?’ nakhira a variant reading has nākhira ‘decayed and withered’ will we have life again?

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