017.049 Y: They say: "What! when we are reduced to bones and dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new creation?"
P: And they say: When we are bones and fragments, shall we forsooth, be raised up as a new creation?
S: And they say: What! when we shall have become bones and decayed particles, shall we then certainly be raised up, being a new creation?
017.050 Y: Say: "(Nay!) be ye stones or iron,"
P: Say: Be ye stones or iron
S: Say: Become stones or iron,
017.051 Y: "Or created matter which, in your minds, is hardest (to be raised up),- (Yet shall ye be raised up)!" then will they say: "Who will cause us to return?" Say: "He who created you first!" Then will they wag their heads towards thee, and say, "When will that be?" Say, "May be it will be quite soon!"
P: Or some created thing that is yet greater in your thoughts! Then they will say: Who shall bring us back (to life). Say: He Who created you at the first. Then will they shake their heads at thee, and say: When will it be? Say: It will perhaps be soon;
S: Or some other creature of those which are too hard (to receive life) in your minds! But they will say: Who will return us? Say: Who created you at first. Still they will shake their heads at you and say: When will it be? Say: Maybe it has drawn nigh.
017.052 Y: "It will be on a Day when He will call you, and ye will answer (His call) with (words of) His praise, and ye will think that ye tarried but a little while!"