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اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعاًۙ

Inna al-insana khuliqa halooAAa

Truly man was created headstrong –

  • Progressive Muslims

    Indeed, mankind was created anxious.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Verily, man is created with an anxious disposition.

  • Sam Gerrans

    Man was created anxious

  • The Monotheist Group

    Indeed, man was created anxious.

  • Edip-Layth

    Indeed, human being is created anxious.

  • Aisha Bewley

    Truly man was created headstrong –

  • Rashad Khalifa

    Indeed, the human being is anxious.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Surely man is greedy by nature.

  • Sahih International

    Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

  • Muhammad Asad

    VERILY, man is born with a restless disposition.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Lo! man was created anxious,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    Man is wanting in moral strength for endurance, lacking courage and strength of purpose and will, and unduly swayed by grief. He is selfish and he is only concerned with his own advantage to the exclusion of regard for others.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    One of the man’s deficiency that he has to work upon is his impatience.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Verily, man (disbeliever) was created very impatient;

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Truly man was created very impatient;-

  • Mustafa Khattab

    Indeed, humankind was created impatient:

  • Taqi Usmani

    Indeed man is created weak in courage,

  • Abdul Haleem

    Man was truly created anxious:

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Surely man was created fretful,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Verily, man is by nature rash!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Surely man is created anxious (or impatient)

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Surely man was created most fretful.

  • George Sale

    Verily man is created extremely impatient:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Truly, man was created very impatient—

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Verily, such a person is impatient and miserly by nature.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Indeed man has been created covetous: