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Surah 56. Al-Waqia, Ayah 47

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وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
Wak a noo yaqooloona ai tha mitn a wakunn a tur a ban waAAi th a man ainn a lamabAAoothoon a
and would say, "What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead? -
  - Mohammad Asad
and used to say: "When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we then be raised to life again?
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
They used to ask 'mockingly', 'When we are dead and reduced to dust and bones, will we really be resurrected?
  - Mustafa Khattab
And they used to say: When we are dead and have come dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
And they used to say "what! when we die and become dust and bones shall we then indeed be raised up again? 5245
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Their want of belief and ridicule of Allah's Message contrasts with the stern reality which they see around them now.

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