أَيَعِدُكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ إِذَا مِتُّمْ وَكُنتُمْ تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَنَّكُم مُّخْرَجُونَ
A-Ya'idukum annakum izaa mittum wa kuntum turaabanw wa izaaman annakum mukhrajoon
Czy on obiecuje wam, że kiedy pomrzecie i staniecie się prochem i kośćmi, zostaniecie wyprowadzeni?
Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones, you will be brought forth again?
The speakers are the notables of a people the surah leaves unnamed, and commentators have read them as the people of Hud or of Salih; the pattern recurs because the objection does. Their argument is addressed to the crowd rather than to the messenger, which makes it a piece of public management: turn resurrection into an absurdity everyone can laugh at, and the man asking for obedience loses his standing without ever being answered.