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as did al-Kisa'i and Ya'qub, reading “When we have died” interrogatively, but “shall we indeed be resurrected” without the interrogative. The remaining reciters read both clauses interrogatively.
“And our forefathers of old as well?” (48)
Say, “Indeed, the former and the latter generations will certainly be gathered together at the appointed time of a known Day.” (49–50)
وَالْكِسَائِيُّ وَيَعْقُوبَ: "أَئِذَا" مُسْتَفْهِمًا "إِنَّا" بِتَرْكِهِ، وَقَرَأَ الْآخَرُونَ بِالِاسْتِفْهَامِ فِيهِمَا.
﴿أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ (٤٨) قُلْ إِنَّ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ (٤٩) لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَى مِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ (٥٠) ﴾