Quran 76:1 — Al-Insaan, verse 1
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Was there not a period of time when man was nothing to speak of ?
هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ حِينٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْئًا مَذْكُورًا
hal atā ʿalā l-insāni ḥīnun mina l-dahri lam yakun shayan madhkūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Has there come on man a while of time when he was a thing unremembered?
- Muhammad Asad
- HAS THERE [not] been an endless span of time before man [appeared - a time] when he was not yet a thing to be thought of?
- Sahih International
- Has there [not] come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هَلْhal | Has | — |
| 2 | أَتَىٰatā | (there) come | أتي |
| 3 | عَلَىʿalā | upon | — |
| 4 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِl-insāni | man | أنس |
| 5 | حِينٌۭḥīnun | a period | حين |
| 6 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 7 | ٱلدَّهْرِl-dahri | time | دهر |
| 8 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 9 | يَكُنyakun | he was | كون |
| 10 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | a thing | شيأ |
| 11 | مَّذْكُورًاmadhkūran | mentioned | ذكر |