80. Surah 'Abasa, Verse 17
قُتِلَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَٓا اَكْفَرَهُۜ
Qutila al-insanu ma akfarah
Curse man for his ingratitude!
- Progressive Muslims
Mankind is killed for his rejection.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Man destroys himself, how ungrateful, rejecting the Sublime Truth!
- Sam Gerrans
Damned be man! How denying he is!
- The Monotheist Group
Man is killed for his rejection.
- Edip-Layth
Woe to human being; how unappreciative!
- Aisha Bewley
Curse man for his ingratitude!
- Rashad Khalifa
Woe to the human being; he is so unappreciative!
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Accursed is man. How ungrateful is he!
- Sahih International
Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.
- Muhammad Asad
[But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth!
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Accursed be man, how he fights against his own good the best he can!
- Bijan Moeinian
How pity of the ungrateful man.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;
- Mustafa Khattab
Condemned are ˹disbelieving˺ humans! How ungrateful they are ˹to Allah˺!
- Taqi Usmani
Damned is the man! How ungrateful he is!
- Abdul Haleem
Woe to man! How ungrateful he is!
- Arthur John Arberry
Perish Man! How unthankful he is!
- E. Henry Palmer
May man be killed! how ungrateful he is!
- Hamid S. Aziz
Cursed (self-destroyed) is man! How ungrateful (to Allah) is he!
- Mahmoud Ghali
Slain be man! How disbelieving he is!
- George Sale
May man be cursed! What hath seduced him to infidelity?
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Warning to man! What has made him reject Allah?
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Ruin seize the person (- one too proud to accept the reminder)! How ungrateful he is!
- Ali Quli Qarai
Perish man! How ungrateful is he!