Surah Al-Insan (الانسان) • The Man

Quran 76:1

76:1

هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ حِينٌ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْـًٔا مَّذْكُورًا

hal atā ʿalā l-insāni ḥīnun mina l-dahri lam yakun shayan madhkūran

Has there [not] come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned?

— Saheeh International

Was there not a period of time when man was nothing to speak of ?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Has there not been over man a period of time, when he was not a thing worth mentioning?

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

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Word by Word

هَلْhalHas
أَتَىٰatā(there) come
عَلَىʿalāupon
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِl-insāniman
حِينٌۭḥīnuna period
مِّنَminaof
ٱلدَّهْرِl-dahritime
لَمْlamnot
يَكُنyakunhe was
شَيْـًۭٔاshayana thing
مَّذْكُورًاmadhkūranmentioned