Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Does not man remember that We created him before, when he was nothing?

اَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـٔاً
Awa la yathkuru al-insanuanna khalaqnahu min qablu walam yaku shay-a
#wordmeaningroot
1awalāDoes not
2yadhkururememberذكر
3l-insānu[the] manانس
4annāthat We
5khalaqnāhuWe created himخلق
6minbefore
7qablubeforeقبل
8walamwhile not
9yakuhe wasكون
10shayananythingشيا
  • Aisha Bewley

    Does not man recall that We created him before when he was not anything?

  • Progressive Muslims

    Does man not remember that We created him before that and he was nothing at all

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    But does not man reflect that We created him before, when he was nothing?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Does not man remember that We created him before, when he was nothing?

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Does man not remember that We created him before, when he was not a thing?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Does the human being not remember that We created him before that and he was nothing at all?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Did the human being forget that we created him already, and he was nothing?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Does man not remember that before We created him he was nothing?

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

  • Muhammad Asad

    But does man not bear in mind that We have created him aforetime out of nothing?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Doth not man remember that We created him before, when he was naught?

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Does man not remember that We created him before when he was nothing?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Does man not remember that We created him in the beginning when he was absolutely nothing and nonexistent.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Does the human being forget that I created him at first out of nothing?

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Does not man remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of nothing?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Do ˹such˺ people not remember that We created them before, when they were nothing?

  • Taqi Usmani

    Does not the man remember that We created him before, when he was nothing?

  • Abdul Haleem

    but does man not remember that We created him when he was nothing before?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Will not man remember that We created him aforetime, when he was nothing?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Does not man then remember that we created him before when he was naught?'

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Man will say, "What! When I have died shall I then come forth alive?"

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And does not man remember that We created him earlier, and he was nothing?

  • George Sale

    Doth not man remember that We created him heretofore, when he was nothing?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    But does not man remember that We created him even while he was nothing?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Does not such a human being remember that We created him before, when he was nothing at all?

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Does not man remember that We created him before when he was nothing?