The Quran

سورة مَریَم

Surah Maryam 19:67

Mary · Verse 67 of 98

أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ الْإِنْسَانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْئًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

Does not such a human being remember that We created him before, when he was nothing at all?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of nothing?

Ahmed Ali

Does man not remember that before We created him he was nothing?

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Does (that) human not bear in mind that We created him before when he was nothing?

Daryabadi

Remembereth not man that We created him afore when he was not aught? *Chapter:19

Faridul Haque

Does not man remember that We created him before this, and he was non existent?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Does not man remember that We created him before, when he was nothing?

Maulvi Sher Ali

Does not man remember that WE created him before, when he was nothing?

Muhammad Asad

But does man not bear in mind that We have created him aforetime out of nothing?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Does not man remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

Muhammad Pickthall

Doth not man remember that We created him before, when he was naught?

Muhammad Sarwar

Does he not remember that We created him when he did not exist?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Does not man remember that We created him before, when he was nothing?

Rashad Khalifa

Did the human being forget that we created him already, and he was nothing?

Shabbir Ahmed

But does not man reflect that We created him before, when he was nothing?

Commentary 19:67 Al-Insân الْإِنسَانُ – the human being. By adding the suffix al before insân, the verse is addressed to those human beings who deny Resurrection.

أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ الْإِنسَانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْئًا

19:67 Al-Insân الْإِنسَانُ – the human being. By adding the suffix al before insân, the verse is addressed to those human beings who deny Resurrection.