وَمَيِّتٌ لا يَكادُ المَرءُ يَدفُنُهُ

وَمَيِّتٌ لا يَكادُ المَرءُ يَدفُنُهُ

إِلّا إِذا عادَ حَيّاً بَعدَ ما ماتا

إِلّا إِذا عادَ حَيّاً بَعدَ ما ماتا

And there is one dead man whom a person can scarcely bury

And a dead one whom a person can scarcely bury,

unless he returns alive after having died;

Unless he returns alive after he has died.

وَمَيِّتٌ غَيَّبوا في الأَرضِ جُثَّتَهُ

وَمَيِّتٌ غَيَّبوا في الأَرضِ جُثَّتَهُ

عَمداً لِكَي يَجعَلوا الأَحياءَ أَمواتا

عَمداً لِكَي يَجعَلوا الأَحياءَ أَمواتا

and another dead man whose corpse they concealed in the earth,

And a dead one whose corpse they hid in the earth,

deliberately, so that they might make the living dead.

Deliberately, so that they might make the living dead.