Surah Al-Insan 76:1 — translation and meaning

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هَلْ أَتَى عَلَى الْإِنسَانِ حِينٌ مِّنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْئًا مَّذْكُورًا

Word by Word

هَلْ
hal
Has
أَتَى
ata
(there) come
عَلَى
ala
upon
الْإِنسَانِ
al-insani
man
حِينٌ
hinun
a period
مِّنَ
mina
of
الدَّهْرِ
al-dahri
time
لَمْ
lam
not
يَكُن
yakun
he was
شَيْئًا
shayan
a thing
مَّذْكُورًا
madhkuran
mentioned

Transliteration

Hal ataa 'alal insaani heenum minad dahri lam yakun shai'am mazkooraa

Translation

Has there [not] come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

A long period of time has passed over man when he was non-existent and there was no mention of him.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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