Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Man was created of haste. I will show you My proofs, so ask Me not to make haste.

خُلِقَ الْاِنْسَانُ مِنْ عَجَلٍۜ سَاُر۪يكُمْ اٰيَات۪ي فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
Khuliqa al-insanu min AAajalinsaoreekum ayatee fala tastaAAjiloon
#wordmeaningroot
1khuliqaIs createdخلق
2l-insānuthe manانس
3minof
4ʿajalinhasteعجل
5sa-urīkumI will show youراي
6āyātīMy Signsايي
7falāso (do) not
8tastaʿjilūniask Me to hastenعجل
  • Aisha Bewley

    Man was created hasty. I will show you My Signs so do not try to hasten Me.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Mankind has been created from haste. I will show you My signs, so do not be in a rush.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Man is a creature of haste. I will show you more and more of My signs, but ask Me not to hasten.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Man was created of haste. I will show you My proofs, so ask Me not to make haste.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Manhas been created from haste. I will show you My signs, so do not be hasty.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The human being is made of haste. I will show you My signs, so do not be in a rush.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The human being is impatient by nature. I will inevitably show you My signs; do not be in such a hurry.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Man is made of inordinate haste. We will show you Our signs, then you will not desire to hasten (the punishment).

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

    Man was created of haste. I will show you My signs, so do not impatiently urge Me.

  • Muhammad Asad

    Man is a creature of haste; I shall make obvious to you My mes­sages: do not, then, ask Me to hasten !

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Man is made of haste. I shall show you My portents, but ask Me not to hasten.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Man is hasty by nature.* I shall certainly show you My Signs.* Do not ask Me to be hasty.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Man has been created with the innate propensity to be unduly hasty of spirit; I will exhibit to you My acts and My marvels serving to demonstrate divine power and authority, therefore, do not ask Me to hasten them on.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Man is impatient by nature. You, however, should be patient and do not pray that I reveal My revelations to you earlier than their appropriate time.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Man is created of haste. I will show you My Ayât (torments, proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). So ask Me not to hasten (them).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Man is a creature of haste: soon (enough) will I show you My Signs; then ye will not ask Me to hasten them!

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Humankind is made of haste. I will soon show you My signs, so do not ask Me to hasten them.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Man is made of haste. I shall show you My signs, so do not seek haste from Me.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Man was created hasty: I will show you My signs soon, so do not ask Me to hasten them.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Man was created of haste. Assuredly I shall show you My signs; so demand not that I make haste.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Man is created out of haste. I will show, you my signs; but do not hurry Me.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And when those who disbelieve see you, they only take you for a jest, saying, "Is this he who mentions your gods?" Yet they blaspheme at the mention of the Beneficent.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Man was created of haste. Soon I will show you My signs, so do not ask Me to hasten.

  • George Sale

    Man is created of precipitation. Hereafter will I shew you my signs, so that ye shall not wish them to be hastened.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Man is a creature of haste: Soon (enough) will I (Allah) show you My Signs: Then you will not ask Me to hasten (them!)

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    A human being is hasty by nature. I will certainly show you (O people!) My signs, but do not ask Me to hasten (them) before their (appointed) time.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Man is a creature of haste. Soon I will show you My signs. So do not ask Me to hasten.