Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:37

21:37

خُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ ۚ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِى فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

khuliqa l-insānu min ʿajalin sa-urīkum āyātī falā tastaʿjilūni

Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.

— Saheeh International

Man was created hasty: I will show you My signs soon, so do not ask Me to hasten them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Man is created of haste. I will show you My Ayât (torments, proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). So ask Me not to hasten (them).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 17Page 325meccan

Word by Word

خُلِقَkhuliqaIs created
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe man
مِنْminof
عَجَلٍۢۚʿajalinhaste
سَأُو۟رِيكُمْsa-urīkumI will show you
ءَايَـٰتِىāyātīMy Signs
فَلَاfalāso (do) not
تَسْتَعْجِلُونِtastaʿjilūniask Me to hasten