Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The truth is, man is, against his soul, an eye-witness

بَلِ الْاِنْسَانُ عَلٰى نَفْسِه۪ بَص۪يرَةٌۙ
Bali al-insanu AAala nafsihibaseera
#wordmeaningroot
1baliNay
2l-insānu[The] manانس
3ʿalāagainst
4nafsihihimselfنفس
5baṣīratun(will be) a witnessبصر
  • Aisha Bewley

    In fact, man will be clear proof against himself

  • Progressive Muslims

    No, man will testify against himself.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    The truth is, man is, against his soul, an eye-witness

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Indeed, man will testify against himself.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Indeed, the human being will testify against himself.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The human being will be his own judge.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    In fact man is a witness against himself,

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

    Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

  • Muhammad Asad

    nay, but man shall against himself be an eye-witness,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    But lo, man is well aware of himself,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Each one shall be his own witness, and his deeds shall be a witness of his worth. He knows exactly all that he had done and he also knows if he had perverted best things to worst abuse or to their meanest use!

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Man knows who he is and what he has done.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Nay! Man will be a witness against himself ,

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Nay, man will be evidence against himself,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    In fact, people will testify against their own souls,

  • Taqi Usmani

    Rather, man will be a witness against himself,

  • Abdul Haleem

    Truly, man is a clear witness against himself,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    nay, man shall be a clear proof against himself,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Nay, man is an evidence against himself,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Nay! Man is telling evidence against himself,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    No indeed, (but) man is a demonstration against himself,

  • George Sale

    Yea; a man shall be an evidence against himself:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    No! Man will be (a true) evidence against himself,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Rather a human being is himself well-aware of his own self (and so himself is a witness against his own soul).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Rather man is a witness to himself,