# 99. Surah Az-Zalzalah, Verse 3

- **Surah:** 99. Surah Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) — سورة الزلزلة
- **Verse:** 3 / 8 · **Juz:** 30 · **Mushaf page:** 599
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-az-zalzalah/verse-3

## Arabic

وَقَالَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا لَهَاۚ

## Transcription

Waqala al-insanu ma laha

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

and man asks, ‘What is wrong with it?’,

### Progressive Muslims

And man will Say: "What is wrong with it"

### Shabbir Ahmed

And mankind cries out, "What has happened to her?" (People will be stunned at the speed of unfolding events).

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And man says: “What ails it?”

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

And man will say: "What is wrong with her?"

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

The human will wonder: "What is happening?"

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

And man enquires: "What has come over it?"

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And man says, "What is [wrong] with it?" -

### Muhammad Asad

and man cries out, "What has happened to her?" -

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And man saith: What aileth her?

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

and man will cry out: "What is the matter with her?"[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Man here may as well imply every man, for after resurrection and coming to senses the first impression of every man will be as to what was happening around him; afterwards he will realize that it was the Resurrection Day. Man may also imply the man who denies the Hereafter, for what he regarded as impossible would be happening in front of him and causing him confusion and bewilderment. As for the believers, they will not be bewildered and confused, for everything would be taking place according to their belief and conviction. To an extent, this second meaning is supported by verse 52 of Surah YaSeen, in which it has been said that the deniers of the Hereafter at that time will exclaim: Ah, who has roused us from our sleeping place? And the reply given would be: This is the same which the Merciful God had promised and the Messengers sent by God had spoken the truth. This verse does not expressly say that this answer to the disbelievers would actually be given by the believers, for there is no indication of it in the verse. The probability, however, is that the believers will give them this answer.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

And mankind be struck with surprise and astonishment and emotionally vent an exclamation "What happened" they say, "to make the earth unstable and agitated?"

### Bijan Moeinian

And the man will wonder what is happening.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

And man will say: "What is the matter with it?"

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And man cries (distressed): 'What is the matter with her?'-

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

and humanity cries, "What is wrong with it?"—

### Taqi Usmani

and man will say, "What has happened to it?"

### Abdul Haleem

when man cries, ‘What is happening to it?’;

### Arthur John Arberry

and Man says. , 'What ails her?'

### E. Henry Palmer

and man shall say, What ails her!

### Hamid S. Aziz

And man shall say, "What ails her!"

### Mahmoud Ghali

And man says, "What is it with it?"

### George Sale

and a man shall say, what aileth her?

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

And man cries (out in great pain): "What is the matter with her?"

### Amatul Rahman Omar

And when a person will say (in bewilderment at the extraordinary happenings on the earth), `What is the matter with her?'

### Ali Quli Qarai

and man says, ‘What is the matter with her?’

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

İnsan (bilinç, bedene bakarak): "Buna ne oluyor?" diyerek (panik yaşadığında),

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Ve insan: "Buna ne oluyor?" dediği zaman;

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

- Yerküre o korkunç sarsıntı ile sarsıldığı;yer, ağırlıklarını çıkardığı ve insan, "Ona ne oluyor?" dediği zaman!

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

(1-3) Yeryüzü kendine has bir sarsıntıya uğratıldığı, içindekileri dışarıya çıkarıp attığı ve insan, "Ona ne oluyor?" dediği zaman,

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Ve insan "noluyor buna?" Dediği vakıt

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

İnsan: "Buna ne oluyor?" dediğinde;

### Gültekin Onan

Ve insan: "Buna ne oluyor?" dediği zaman;

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

insan "Buna ne oluyor?" dediği (zaman),

### İbni Kesir

İnsan; buna ne oluyor? dediği zaman,

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

ve insan: "Ona ne oluyor?" diye bağırdı(ğında),

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

İnsan: -Buna ne oluyor? dediğinde..

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Ve insan: "Ona ne oluyor?" dediği zaman!

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Ve insan: "Ne oluyor buna?" dediği zaman,

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

İnsan der ki: Ne oluyor buna!

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Ve insan, "Ona ne oluyor?" dediği,

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Ve insan, "Ona ne oluyor?" dediğinde.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

İnsan, "bu yere ne oluyor?" deyince,

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

İnsan "Buna (yere) ne oluyor?" dediği(nde),

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Ve insan, "Ona ne oluyor?" dediği,

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Ve insan, "Ona ne oluyor?" dediği,

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

insan da "Ne olmuş buraya!" deyince,[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] [İbrahim 14/48.](https://quran.so/14/48)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَ — waqāla | And says | قول — Kaf-Vav-Lam |
| 2 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ — l-insānu | man | انس — Elif-Nun-Sin |
| 3 | مَا — mā | What | — |
| 4 | لَهَا — lahā | (is) with it | — |

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