90. Surah Al-Balad, Verse 4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ ف۪ي كَبَدٍۜ
Laqad khalaqna al-insana feekabad
We created man in trouble.
- Progressive Muslims
We have created man to struggle.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Verily, We have created the human being for hard work. (This is the Town where Abraham and Ishmael labored, and where you began your toil to raise the Name of your Lord (2:125-127)).
- Sam Gerrans
We have created man into adversity.
- The Monotheist Group
We have created man in struggle.
- Edip-Layth
We have created the human being to struggle.
- Aisha Bewley
We created man in trouble.
- Rashad Khalifa
We created the human being to work hard,
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
That We created man in toil and trouble.
- Sahih International
We have certainly created man into hardship.
- Muhammad Asad
Verily, We have created man into [a life of] pain, toil and trial.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
That We created man and set him on earth wherein he strives and struggles from womb to tomb, each according to his disposition and inclination and whether he will acknowledge resurrection and adjudication.
- Bijan Moeinian
It is true that man has been created with a psychological trait….
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Verily, We have created man in toil.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
- Mustafa Khattab
Indeed, We have created humankind in ˹constant˺ struggle.
- Taqi Usmani
indeed We have created man (to live) in hard struggle.
- Abdul Haleem
that We have created man for toil and trial.
- Arthur John Arberry
indeed, We created man in trouble.
- E. Henry Palmer
We have surely created man in trouble.
- Hamid S. Aziz
We have surely created man in suffering (struggle, trouble, sorrow).
- Mahmoud Ghali
Indeed We already created man in suffering.
- George Sale
verily We have created man in misery.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Surely, We have created man into hard work and struggle.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
We have certainly created a human being (to face obstacles and) to struggle hard (to achieve a marvelous goal).
- Ali Quli Qarai
certainly We created man in travail.