Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And man says: “What ails it?”

وَقَالَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا لَهَاۚ
Waqala al-insanu ma laha
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  • 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?"

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The human being 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 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?"

  • 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?’