Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Damned be man! How denying he is!

قُتِلَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَٓا اَكْفَرَهُۜ
Qutila al-insanu ma akfarah
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1qutilaIs destroyedقتل
2l-insānu[the] manانس
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4akfarahuungrateful is heكفر
  • Aisha Bewley

    Curse man for his ingratitude!

  • Progressive Muslims

    Mankind is killed for his rejection.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Man destroys himself, how ungrateful, rejecting the Sublime Truth!

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Damned be man! How denying he is!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Man is killed for his rejection.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Woe to human being; how unappreciative!

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Woe to the human being; he is so unappreciative!

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Accursed is man. How ungrateful is he!

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

    Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

  • Muhammad Asad

    man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Accursed be man! How stubbornly he denies the Truth.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Accursed be man, how he fights against his own good the best he can!

  • Bijan Moeinian

    How pity of the ungrateful man.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to Allah˺!

  • Taqi Usmani

    Damned is the man! How ungrateful he is!

  • Abdul Haleem

    Woe to man! How ungrateful he is!

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Perish Man! How unthankful he is!

  • E. Henry Palmer

    May man be killed! how ungrateful he is!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Cursed (self-destroyed) is man! How ungrateful (to Allah) is he!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Slain be man! How disbelieving he is!

  • George Sale

    May man be cursed! What hath seduced him to infidelity?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Warning to man! What has made him reject Allah?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Ruin seize the person (- one too proud to accept the reminder)! How ungrateful he is!

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Perish man! How ungrateful is he!