"When we are rotten bones?", meaning: decayed, denying the Resurrection.
Muhammad said: It is said: "So-and-so returned to his hafirah (former state)" when he returns along the same path he came.
﴿إِذا كُنَّا عظامًا نخرة﴾ بَالِيَةً يُنْكِرُونَ الْبَعْثَ.
قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: يُقَالُ: رَجَعَ فُلانٌ فِي حَافِرَتِهِ إِذَا رَجَعَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي جَاءَ فِيهِ