Verse 11

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Important Words:

الحافرة (former state) is derived from حفر i.e. he dug the ground. حافرة means, the original state of a thing; turning back of a thing so that the end thereof is brought back to its beginning. رجع الی حافرته i.e. he became old and decrepit. رجع علی حافرته means, he returned by the way by which he had gone. The verse means, "shall we be restored to our first state, i.e. to life on earth as we were" (Lane & Aqrab).