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وَكَانُوْا يَقُوْلُوْنَ ەۙ اَىِٕذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَۙ  ( الواقعة: ٤٧ )

wakānū
وَكَانُوا۟
And they used (to)
yaqūlūna
يَقُولُونَ
say
a-idhā
أَئِذَا
"When
mit'nā
مِتْنَا
we die
wakunnā
وَكُنَّا
and become
turāban
تُرَابًا
dust
waʿiẓāman
وَعِظَٰمًا
and bones
a-innā
أَءِنَّا
will we
lamabʿūthūna
لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
surely be resurrected?

Wa kaanoo yaqooloona a'izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaabanw wa izaaman'ainnaa lamab'oosoon (al-Wāqiʿah 56:47)

Sahih International:

And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected? (Al-Waqi'ah [56] : 47)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

and used to say, “Is it that when we die and become dust-is it that we will be raised again,