And they say ˹mockingly˺, “When we are reduced to bones and ashes, will we really be raised as a new creation?”
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Juncture:
اذا كنا...انا
Readers
Abū Jaʿfar
Ibn ʿĀmir
Nāfiʿ
Ḥamzah
Ibn Kathīr
Khalaf
Abū ʿAmr
al-Kisāʾī
Yaʿqūb
ʿĀṣim
Readings:
أَئِذَا كُنَّا...أَئِنَّا
a-idhā kunnā ... a-innā
أَئِذَا كُنَّا...إِنَّا
a-idhā kunnā ... innā
إِذَا كُنَّا...أَئِنَّا
idhā kunnā ... a-innā
“When we are bones...will we be raised...?”
Explanation:
These readings convey the same meaning in slightly different ways. The first has two clauses, each with the interrogative hamzah: one reinforces the other. The second reading has the hamzah in the former position only, and the third has it in the latter [al-Mahdawi].
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Explanation:
These readings convey the same meaning in slightly different ways. The first has two clauses, each with the interrogative hamzah: one reinforces the other. The second reading has the hamzah in the former position only, and the third has it in the latter [al-Mahdawi].