# 90. Surah Al-Balad, Verse 4 - **Surah:** 90. Surah Al-Balad (The City) — سورة البلد - **Verse:** 4 / 20 · **Juz:** 30 · **Mushaf page:** 593 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-4 ## Arabic لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ ف۪ي كَبَدٍۜ ## Transcription Laqad khalaqna al-insana feekabad ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley We created man in trouble. ### Progressive Muslims We have created man to struggle. ### Shabbir Ahmed Verily, We have created the human being for hard work. (This is the Town where Abraham and Ishmael labored, and where you began your toil to raise the Name of your Lord (2:125-127)). ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation We have created man into adversity. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation We have created man in struggle. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament We created the human being to work hard, ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira That We created man in toil and trouble. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) We have certainly created man into hardship. ### Muhammad Asad Verily, We have created man into [a life of] pain, toil and trial. ### Marmaduke Pickthall We verily have created man in an atmosphere: ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary Verily We have created man into toil and hardship.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] This is that for which the oaths as mentioned above have been sworn. Man’s being created in toil means that man in this world has not been created to enjoy himself and live a life of ease and comfort, but the world for him is a place of enduring and undergoing toil, labor and hardship, and no man can be immune from this. The city of Makkah is a witness that a servant of Allah toiled and struggled hard, then only did it become a city and the centre of Arabia. In this city of Makkah the condition of Muhammad (peace be upon him) is a witness that he is enduring every kind of hardship for the sake of a mission; so much so that there is full peace here for the wild animals but no peace for him. Then, every man’s survival, from the time he is conceived in the mother’s womb till the last breath of life, is a witness that he has to pass through trouble, toil, labor, dangers and hardships at every step. The most fortunate of us is also exposed to grave dangers of death before birth or of elimination by abortion while in the mother’s womb. At birth he is only a hair-breadth away from death. After birth he is so helpless that had there not been somebody to look after him, he would perish uncared for and unnoticed. When he became able to walk he stumbled at every step. From childhood to youth and old age he had to pass through such physical changes that if any change had taken a wrong turn, his very life would have been at stake. Even if he is a king or a dictator, at no time he enjoys internal peace from the fear that a rebellion might arise against him somewhere. Even if he is a conqueror he is never at peace from the danger that one of his generals might rise in revolt against him. Even if he is a Korah of his time, he is ever anxious to increase his wealth and to safeguard it. Thus, there is no one who may be enjoying perfect peace freely and without hesitation, for man indeed has been created into a life of toil and trouble. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab That We created man and set him on earth wherein he strives and struggles from womb to tomb, each according to his disposition and inclination and whether he will acknowledge resurrection and adjudication. ### Bijan Moeinian It is true that man has been created with a psychological trait…. ### Al-Hilali & Khan Verily, We have created man in toil. ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran Indeed, We have created humankind in ˹constant˺ struggle. ### Taqi Usmani indeed We have created man (to live) in hard struggle. ### Abdul Haleem that We have created man for toil and trial. ### Arthur John Arberry indeed, We created man in trouble. ### E. Henry Palmer We have surely created man in trouble. ### Hamid S. Aziz We have surely created man in suffering (struggle, trouble, sorrow). ### Mahmoud Ghali Indeed We already created man in suffering. ### George Sale verily We have created man in misery. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed Surely, We have created man into hard work and struggle. ### Amatul Rahman Omar We have certainly created a human being (to face obstacles and) to struggle hard (to achieve a marvelous goal). ### Ali Quli Qarai certainly We created man in travail. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü (Andolsun) ki, insanı sıkıntılı aşamalar içinde yarattık! ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Andolsun, biz insanı bir zorluk içinde yarattık. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Biz, insanı zorluklar içinde yarattık. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali (1-4) Sen bu beldedeyken bu beldeye (Mekke'ye), babaya ve ondan meydana gelen çocuğa yemin ederim ki, biz insanı bir sıkıntı ve zorluk içinde (olacak ve bunlara göğüs gerecek şekilde) yarattık. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Hakikaten biz insanı bir meşakkat içinde yarattık ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) gerçekten Biz insanı bir sıkıntı içinde yarattık. ### Gültekin Onan Andolsun, biz insanı bir zorluk içinde yarattık. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim ki biz insanı, andolsun, meşakkat içinde yaratdık. ### İbni Kesir Biz, insanı gerçekten meşakkat içinde yarattık. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Gerçek şu ki, Biz insanı acı, sıkıntı ve imtihan (ile yüklü bir hayat)a gönderdik. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı İnsanı dosdoğru/dayanıklı olarak yaratmışızdır. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Biz insanı zorluk arasında yarattık. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Biz insanı gerçekten bir sıkıntı ve zorluk içinde yarattık. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Hakikaten Biz insanoğlunu farklı meşakkatlere dayanıklı yarattık. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Biz insanı gerçekten zorluk arasında yarattık. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Gerçek şu ki, insanı, zorluklar için yarattık. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali İnsanı, zorlukları aşacak güçte yaratmışızdır. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Şüphesiz ki biz insanı zorluklar konusunda (dayanıklı) yarattık. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Biz insanı gerçekten zorluk arasında yarattık. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Biz insanı gerçekten zorluk arasında yarattık. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali kesinlikle biz insanı zorluklara katlanacak güçte yarattık.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Allah insanı en güzel donanımda yaratmış ([Tin 95/4](https://quran.so/95/4)) ve kimseye gücünün üstünde bir sorumluluk yüklememiştir ([Bakara 2/286](https://quran.so/2/286) [En'am 6/152](https://quran.so/6/152)). Demek ki her insanın karşılaştığı zorluklarla mücadele edecek potansiyeli mevcuttur. ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | لَقَدْ — laqad | Certainly | — | | 2 | خَلَقْنَا — khalaqnā | We have created | خلق — Kh-Lam-Kaf | | 3 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ — l-insāna | man | انس — Elif-Nun-Sin | | 4 | فِى — fī | (to be) in | — | | 5 | كَبَدٍ — kabadin | hardship | كبد — Kef-Be-Dal | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-3.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-5.md Retrieved: 2026-08-12 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.