70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 20
— When evil touches him, impatient,
Translations
Notes
Aisha Bewley
desperate when bad things happen,
Progressive Muslims
When adversity touches him he is miserable.
Shabbir Ahmed
Nervous when harm touches him.
Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
— When evil touches him, impatient,
The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
When adversity touches him he is miserable.
Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament
If touched by adversity, despondent.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
If evil befalls him he is perturbed;
Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
When evil touches him, impatient,
Muhammad Asad
whenever misfortune touches him, he is filled with self-pity;
Marmaduke Pickthall
Fretful when evil befalleth him
Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary
bewailing when evil befalls him,
Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab
If he meets with a misfortune, or he is wedded to a calamity he becomes so full of misery nursing despair with additional notion of querulous utterances.
Bijan Moeinian
When man experiences hardship, he becomes depressed…
Al-Hilali & Khan
Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Fretful when evil touches him;
Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran
distressed when touched with evil,
Taqi Usmani
very upset when touched by evil,
Abdul Haleem
he is fretful when misfortune touches him,
Arthur John Arberry
when evil visits him, impatient,
E. Henry Palmer
when evil touches him, very impatient;
Hamid S. Aziz
Fretful when evil afflicts him
Mahmoud Ghali
When evil touches him, (he is) most impatient,
George Sale
When evil toucheth him, he is full of complaint;
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Anxious and angry when evil touches him;
Amatul Rahman Omar
He loses heart and becomes fretful when evil afflicts him.
Ali Quli Qarai
anxious when an ill befalls him