Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Has there come upon man a period of time he was not a thing remembered?

هَلْ اَتٰى عَلَى الْاِنْسَانِ ح۪ينٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْـٔاً مَذْكُوراً
Hal ata AAala al-insani heenunmina addahri lam yakun shay-an mathkoora
#wordmeaningroot
1halHas
2atā(there) comeاتي
3ʿalāupon
4l-insānimanانس
5ḥīnuna periodحين
6minaof
7l-dahritimeدهر
8lamnot
9yakunhe wasكون
10shayana thingشيا
11madhkūranmentionedذكر
  • Aisha Bewley

    Has man ever known a point of time when he was not something remembered?

  • Progressive Muslims

    Was there not a time in the past when the human being was nothing to even be mentioned

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Has there not passed over man an era when he was not even worth mentioning?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Has there come upon man a period of time he was not a thing remembered?

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Was there not a time in the past when man was nothing to even be mentioned?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Was there not a time in the past when the human being was nothing to even be mentioned?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Is it not a fact that there was a time when the human being was nothing to be mentioned?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    WAS THERE NOT a time in the life of man when he was not even a mentionable thing?

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

    Has there come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing mentioned?

  • Muhammad Asad

    HAS THERE been an endless span of time before man when he was not yet a thing to be thought of?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Hath there come upon man (ever) any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered?

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Was there a period of time when man was not even worthy of a mention?*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Was there not an era when man was not even heard of?

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Does man not recognize a stage of his life in which he was practically nothing worth to mention?

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Has there not been over man a period of time, when he was not a thing worth mentioning?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Has there not been over Man a long period of Time, when he was nothing - (not even) mentioned?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Is there not a period of time when each human is nothing yet worth mentioning?

  • Taqi Usmani

    There has come upon man a period of time in which he was nothing worth mentioning.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Was there not a period of time when man was nothing to speak of ?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Has there come on man a while of time when he was a thing unremembered?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Does there not come on man a portion of time when he is nothing worth mentioning?

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Was there not over man a long period of time when he was a thing unremembered (nothing, not worth mention).

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Has there come upon man a while of (an) era when he was not a thing to be remembered?

  • George Sale

    Did there not pass over man a long space of time; during which he was a thing not worthy of remembrance?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Has there not been a long period of time, when man was nothing— (Not even) mentioned?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    There did pass over a human being a while of a long space of time when he was not a thing worth mentioning.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Has there been for man a period of time when he was not anything worthy of mention?