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Dust (تراب)

Ontology
Dust (تراب) is one of the Physical substances mentioned in the Quran.
Parent Topic: Physical Substance

Ayahs Associated with This Topic (32)

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17:98 - Al-Isra

Verse 98

ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ خَلۡقٗا جَدِيدًا ٩٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
That is their reward for rejecting Our signs and asking ˹mockingly˺, “When we are reduced to bones and ashes, will we really be raised as a new creation?”
23:82 - Al-Mu'minun

Verse 82

قَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ٨٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They said, “Once we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be resurrected?
27:67 - An-Naml

Verse 67

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبٗا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخۡرَجُونَ ٦٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The disbelievers ask, “When we and our fathers are reduced to dust, will we really be brought forth ˹alive˺?
37:53 - As-Saffat

Verse 53

أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ٥٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be brought to judgment?’”
37:52 - As-Saffat

Verse 52

يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصَدِّقِينَ ٥٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
who used to ask ˹me˺, ‘Do you actually believe ˹in resurrection˺?
37:51 - As-Saffat

Verse 51

قَالَ قَآئِلٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينٞ ٥١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
One of them will say, “I once had a companion ˹in the world˺
17:49 - Al-Isra

Verse 49

وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ خَلۡقٗا جَدِيدٗا ٤٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And they say ˹mockingly˺, “When we are reduced to bones and ashes, will we really be raised as a new creation?”
56:48 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 48

أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٤٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And our forefathers as well?”
56:47 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 47

وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ٤٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They used to ask ˹mockingly˺, “When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be resurrected?
56:46 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 46

وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٤٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and persisted in the worst of sin.1
56:45 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 45

إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ ٤٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, before this ˹torment˺ they were spoiled by luxury,
18:40 - Al-Kahf

Verse 40

فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّيٓ أَن يُؤۡتِيَنِ خَيۡرٗا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهَا حُسۡبَانٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتُصۡبِحَ صَعِيدٗا زَلَقًا ٤٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
perhaps my Lord will grant me ˹something˺ better than your garden, and send down upon your garden a thunderbolt from the sky, turning it into a barren waste.
80:40 - 'Abasa

Verse 40

وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ ٤٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty,
78:40 - An-Naba

Verse 40

إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابٗا قَرِيبٗا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا ٤٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, We have warned you of an imminent punishment—the Day every person will see ˹the consequences of˺ what their hands have done, and the disbelievers will cry, “I wish I were dust.”1
18:39 - Al-Kahf

Verse 39

وَلَوۡلَآ إِذۡ دَخَلۡتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلۡتَ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِۚ إِن تَرَنِ أَنَا۠ أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالٗا وَوَلَدٗا ٣٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
If only you had said, upon entering your property, ‘This is what Allah has willed! There is no power except with Allah!’ Even though you see me inferior to you in wealth and offspring,
18:37 - Al-Kahf

Verse 37

قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرۡتَ بِٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلٗا ٣٧
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
His ˹believing˺ companion replied, while conversing with him, “Do you disbelieve in the One Who created you from dust,1 then ˹developed you˺ from a sperm-drop, then formed you into a man?
23:35 - Al-Mu'minun

Verse 35

أَيَعِدُكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ إِذَا مِتُّمۡ وَكُنتُمۡ تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَنَّكُم مُّخۡرَجُونَ ٣٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Does he promise you that once you are dead and reduced to dust and bones, you will be brought forth ˹alive˺?
25:23 - Al-Furqan

Verse 23

وَقَدِمۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُواْ مِنۡ عَمَلٖ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ هَبَآءٗ مَّنثُورًا ٢٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then We will turn to whatever ˹good˺ deeds they did, reducing them to scattered dust.1
30:20 - Ar-Rum

Verse 20

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنۡ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم بَشَرٞ تَنتَشِرُونَ ٢٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
One of His signs is that He created you from dust, then—behold!—you are human beings spreading over ˹the earth˺.
37:16 - As-Saffat

Verse 16

أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ١٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be resurrected?
35:11 - Fatir

Verse 11

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗاۚ وَمَا تَحۡمِلُ مِنۡ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلۡمِهِۦۚ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُّعَمَّرٖ وَلَا يُنقَصُ مِنۡ عُمُرِهِۦٓ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٍۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٞ ١١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And ˹it is˺ Allah ˹Who˺ created you from dust,1 then ˹developed you˺ from a sperm-drop, then made you into pairs.2 No female ever conceives or delivers without His knowledge. And no one’s life is made long or cut short but is ˹written˺ in a Record.3 That is certainly easy for Allah.
56:6 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 6

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءٗ مُّنۢبَثّٗا ٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
becoming scattered ˹particles of˺ dust,
13:5 - Ar-Ra'd

Verse 5

۞ وَإِن تَعۡجَبۡ فَعَجَبٞ قَوۡلُهُمۡ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا أَءِنَّا لَفِي خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدٍۗ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلُ فِيٓ أَعۡنَاقِهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
˹Now,˺ if anything should amaze you ˹O Prophet˺, then it is their question: “When we are reduced to dust, will we really be raised as a new creation?” It is they who have disbelieved in their Lord. It is they who will have shackles around their necks. And it is they who will be the residents of the Fire. They will be there forever.
22:5 - Al-Hajj

Verse 5

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمۡ فِي رَيۡبٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡبَعۡثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰكُم مِّن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ ثُمَّ مِنۡ عَلَقَةٖ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضۡغَةٖ مُّخَلَّقَةٖ وَغَيۡرِ مُخَلَّقَةٖ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمۡۚ وَنُقِرُّ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗى ثُمَّ نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ طِفۡلٗا ثُمَّ لِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْ أَشُدَّكُمۡۖ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرۡذَلِ ٱلۡعُمُرِ لِكَيۡلَا يَعۡلَمَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ عِلۡمٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ وَتَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ هَامِدَةٗ فَإِذَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱهۡتَزَّتۡ وَرَبَتۡ وَأَنۢبَتَتۡ مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجِۭ بَهِيجٖ ٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
O humanity! If you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then ˹know that˺ We did create you1 from dust, then from a sperm-drop,2 then ˹developed you into˺ a clinging clot,3 then a lump of flesh4—fully formed or unformed5—in order to demonstrate ˹Our power˺ to you. ˹Then˺ We settle whatever ˹embryo˺ We will in the womb for an appointed term, then bring you forth as infants, so that you may reach your prime. Some of you ˹may˺ die ˹young˺, while others are left to reach the most feeble stage of life so that they may know nothing after having known much. And you see the earth lifeless, but as soon as We send down rain upon it, it begins to stir ˹to life˺ and swell, producing every type of pleasant plant.
56:5 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 5

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسّٗا ٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
and the mountains will be crushed to pieces,
100:4 - Al-'Adiyat

Verse 4

فَأَثَرۡنَ بِهِۦ نَقۡعٗا ٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
stirring up ˹clouds of˺ dust,
56:4 - Al-Waqi'ah

Verse 4

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجّٗا ٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
When the earth will be violently shaken,
100:3 - Al-'Adiyat

Verse 3

فَٱلۡمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبۡحٗا ٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
launching raids at dawn,
50:3 - Qaf

Verse 3

أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗاۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجۡعُۢ بَعِيدٞ ٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
˹Will we be returned to life,˺ when we are dead and reduced to dust? Such a return is impossible.”
100:2 - Al-'Adiyat

Verse 2

فَٱلۡمُورِيَٰتِ قَدۡحٗا ٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
striking sparks of fire ˹with their hoofs˺,
50:2 - Qaf

Verse 2

بَلۡ عَجِبُوٓاْ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَقَالَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَيۡءٌ عَجِيبٌ ٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
˹All will be resurrected,˺ yet the deniers are astonished that a warner has come to them from among themselves ˹warning of resurrection˺. So the disbelievers say, “This is an astonishing thing!
100:1 - Al-'Adiyat

Verse 1

وَٱلۡعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبۡحٗا ١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
By the galloping, panting horses,1

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