﴿ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌۭ ﴾

“Why - [how could we be resurrected] after we have died and become mere dust? Such a return seems far-fetched indeed!””

What! read a-idhā pronouncing both hamzas or not pronouncing the second but inserting an alif between the two in both cases When we are dead and have become dust? shall we return to life? That is a far-fetched return!’ an event that is extremely remote.