# 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 36 - **Surah:** 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) — سورة القيامة - **Verse:** 36 / 40 · **Juz:** 29 · **Mushaf page:** 577 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-36 ## Arabic اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَنْ يُتْرَكَ سُدًىۜ ## Transcription Ayahsabu al-insanu an yutrakasuda ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley Does man reckon he will be left to go on unchecked? ### Progressive Muslims Did man think that he will be left neglected ### Shabbir Ahmed Does man think he will be left alone like a soundless broken musical string? ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation Does man think that he is left to no purpose? ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation Did man think that he will be left neglected? ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament Does the human being think that he will go to nothing? ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira Does man think that he will be left alone to himself, free? ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) Does man think that he will be left neglected? ### Muhammad Asad DOES MAN, then, think that he is to be left to himself to go about at will? ### Marmaduke Pickthall Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless? ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary Does man[1] think that he will be left alone, unquestioned?[2] _Footnotes_ - [1] Now, in conclusion, the same theme is being repeated with which the discourse began life-after-death is necessary as well as possible. - [2] The word suda when used with regard to a camel implies a camel who is wandering aimlessly, grazing at will, without there being anybody to look after him. Thus, the verse means: Does man think that he has been left to himself to wander at will as if his Creator had laid no responsibility on him, had imposed no duty on him, had forbidden nothing to him, that at no time in future he would be required to account for his deeds. This same theme has been expressed in (Surah Al-Mominoon, Ayat 115) thus: On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will ask the disbelievers: Did you think that We had created you without any purpose, and that you would never be brought back to Us. At both these places the argument for the necessity of the life hereafter has been presented as a question. The question means: Do you really think that you are no more than mere animals? Don’t you see the manifest difference between yourself and the animal. The animal has been created without the power of choice and authority, but you have been blessed with the power of choice and authority; there is no question of morality about what the animal does, but your acts are necessarily characterized by good and evil. Then, how did you take it into your head that you had been created irresponsible and unanswerable as the animal has been? Why the animal will not be resurrected, is quite understandable. The animal only fulfilled the fixed demands of its instinct, it did not use its intellect to propound a philosophy; it did not invent a religion; it did not take anyone its god nor became a god for others; it did nothing that could be called good or bad; it did not enforce a good or bad way of life, which would influence others, generation after generation, so that it should deserve a reward or punishment for it. Hence, if it perished to annihilation, it would be understandable, for it could not be held responsible for any of its acts to account for which it might need to be resurrected. But how could you be excused from life-after-death when right till the time of your death you continued to perform moral acts, which your own intellect judged as good or bad and worthy of reward or punishment? Should a man who killed an innocent person, and then fell a victim to a sudden accident immediately after it, go off free and should never be punished for the crime of murder he committed? Do you really feel satisfied that a man, who sowed corruption and iniquity in the world, which entailed evil consequences for mankind for centuries after him, should himself perish like an insect; or a grasshopper, and should never be resurrected to account for his misdeeds, which corrupted the lives of hundreds of thousands of human beings after him? Do you think that the man, who struggled throughout his life for the cause of truth and justice, goodness and peace, and suffered hardships for their sake, was a creation of the kind of an insect, and had no right to be rewarded for his good acts. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab Does man think he could do what he will and act without restriction or limitation and neglect his duties and his obligations to Allah, and get away with it ?. ### Bijan Moeinian Does man think that he will be given his freedom of choice forever? ### Al-Hilali & Khan Does man think that he will be left neglected (without being punished or rewarded for the obligatory duties enjoined by his Lord Allâh on him)? ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)? ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran Do people think they will be left without purpose? ### Taqi Usmani Does man presume that he will be left unchecked? ### Abdul Haleem Does man think he will be left alone? ### Arthur John Arberry What, does man reckon he shall be left to roam at will? ### E. Henry Palmer Does man think that he shall be left to himself? ### Hamid S. Aziz Does man think that he is to be left to wander aimless (or purposeless)? ### Mahmoud Ghali Does man reckon that he will be left in vain? ### George Sale Doth man think that he shall be left at full liberty, without control? ### Syed Vickar Ahamed Does man think that he will be neglected (and left alone), (without purpose for which he was created)? ### Amatul Rahman Omar Does a person think that he will be left alone without purpose. ### Ali Quli Qarai Does man suppose that he would be abandoned to futility? ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü İnsan, başıboş olarak bırakılacağını mı sanır? ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı İnsan, 'kendi başına ve sorumsuz' bırakılacağını mı sanıyor? ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali İnsanoğlu kendisinin başıboş bırakılacağını mı sanıyor? ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali İnsan, kendisinin başıboş bırakılacağını mı zanneder. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Sanır mı insan muhmel bırakıla ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) İnsan sanır mı başıboş bırakılacağını? ### Gültekin Onan İnsan, 'kendi başına ve sorumsuz' bırakılacağını mı sanıyor? ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim İnsan, kendisinin başı boş bırakılacağını mı sanıyor? ### İbni Kesir İnsan kendisinin başıboş bırakılacağını mı sanır? ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı İnsan, başıboş bırakılacağını ve dilediği gibi hareket edebileceğini mi sanır? ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı İnsan kendisini başı boş bırakacağımızı mı sanar? ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali İnsan, başı boş bırakılacağını mı sanır? ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali İnsan, başıboş bırakılacağını mı sanıyor? ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Ne yani, insanoğlu başıboş bırakılacağını mı sanıyor? ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Yoksa o insan başıboş bırakılacağını mı sanıyor? ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek İnsan, başıboş bırakılacağını mı sanıyor? ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali İnsan başıboş bırakılacağını mı sanıyor? ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir İnsan, kendisinin başıboş bırakılacağını mı sanıyor! ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Yoksa o insan başıboş bırakılacağını mı sanıyor? ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Yoksa o insan başıboş bırakılacağını mı sanıyor? ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali İnsan başıboş bırakılacağını mı sanıyor[1]? _Footnotes_ - [1] [Bakara 2/155,](https://quran.so/2/155) [214,](https://quran.so/2/214) [Al-i İmran 3/142,](https://quran.so/3/142) [Tevbe 9/16,](https://quran.so/9/16) [Mü'minun 23/115,](https://quran.so/23/115) [Nur 24/47](https://quran.so/24/47)-[50,](https://quran.so/24/50) [Ankebut 29/2.](https://quran.so/29/2) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | أَيَحْسَبُ — ayaḥsabu | Does think | حسب — Ha-Sin-Be | | 2 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ — l-insānu | man | انس — Elif-Nun-Sin | | 3 | أَن — an | that | — | | 4 | يُتْرَكَ — yut'raka | he will be left | ترك — Te-Ra-Kef | | 5 | سُدًى — sudan | neglected | سدي — Sin-Dal-Ye | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-35.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-37.md Retrieved: 2026-08-24 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.