Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth
Arthur John Arberry
Perish Man! How unthankful he is
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah
Arabic
قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ
Arabic
قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ