Ayah az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake, The Shaking) 99:3

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and man cries out, "What has happened to her?"

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and humanity cries, “What is wrong with it?”—

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and the human being says: ‘What is wrong with it?’

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وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا لَهَا

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waqāla l-insānu mā lahā

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And the human being will say: “What is ˹the matter˺ with it (i.e., earth)”

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And says man, "What (is) with it?"

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and man cries out, "What has happened to her?"

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And man saith: What aileth her

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And man cries (distressed): 'What is the matter with her?'

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and humanity cries, “What is wrong with it?”—

Safi Kaskas

and the human being says: ‘What is wrong with it?’

Wahiduddin Khan

when man asks, What is happening to her?

Shakir

And man says: What has befallen her

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and the human being said: What is with it?

T.B.Irving

and everyman says: "What is [happening] to her?"

Abdul Hye

and people will say: “What is the matter with it?”

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and man says, “What ails her?

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And man says, “What’s the matter with it?”

Talal Itani (2012)

And man says, 'What is the matter with it?'

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and the human being said: “What (has gone wrong) with it?”

M. Farook Malik

man shall say: "What is happening to her?"

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And man says, "What is it with it?"

Muhammad Sarwar

the human being will say (in horror), "What is happening to it?"

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and man will say, .What has happened to it?

Shabbir Ahmed

And mankind cries out, "What has happened to her?" (People will be stunned at the speed of unfolding events)

Dr. Munir Munshey

And man remarks, "What is the matter with it?"

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And man cries (out in great pain): "What is the matter with her?"

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And man says, "What is [wrong] with it?"

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And man will Say: "What is wrong with it"

Abdel Haleem

when man cries, ‘What is happening to it?’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And man saith: what aileth her

Ahmed Ali

And man enquires: "What has come over it?"

Aisha Bewley

and man asks, ´What is wrong with it?´,

Ali Ünal

And human cries out, "What is the matter with it?" –

Ali Quli Qara'i

and man says, ‘What is the matter with her?’

Hamid S. Aziz

And man shall say, "What ails her!"

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and the human being says: “What is the matter with it?”

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And the human being yells, “What is the matter with it?

Musharraf Hussain

people will ask, “What’s the matter with her?”

Maududi

and man will cry out: "What is the matter with her?"

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And man will say: "What is wrong with her?"

Mohammad Shafi

And man wonders, "What is the matter with it?"

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And man says, 'what happened to her'?

Rashad Khalifa

The human will wonder: "What is happening?"

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and the human asks: "What is the matter with it?"

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And man says: What has befallen her

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And the human/mankind said: "What (is) for it (what is wrong with it)?"

Bijan Moeinian

And the man will wonder what is happening

Faridul Haque

And man says, “What has happened to it?”

Sher Ali

And man says, `What is the matter with her?

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And man (bewildered and baffled) will say: ‘What has happened to her?

Amatul Rahman Omar

And when a person will say (in bewilderment at the extraordinary happenings on the earth), `What is the matter with her?

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And man will say: "What is the matter with it?"

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and Man says., 'What ails her?

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and a man shall say, what aileth her

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and man shall say, What ails her

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And man shall say, What aileth her

N J Dawood (2014)

and Man says, ‘What may this mean?‘ ―

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Fode Drame

And the human being says, “What is the matter with it?”

Munir Mezyed

Then man will say: "What is wrong with it?"

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And man says: what is the matter with it?

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and man says, “What is the matter with it?”—

Linda “iLHam” Barto

And humanity cries, “What is wrong with it?”

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and everyman says: "What is [happening] to her?"

Samy Mahdy

And the human said, “What is (the matter) with it?”

Sayyid Qutb

and man cries: What is the matter with her?

Thomas Cleary

and the people say, "What is wrong with her?"

Ahmed Hulusi

And man (consciousness panics and) asks, “What is wrong with it (the body)?”

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

and people cry out: 'What is wrong with her?'

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

And mankind be struck with surprise and astonishment and emotionally vent an exclamation "What happened" they say, "to make the earth unstable and agitated?"

Mir Aneesuddin

and man will say, “What ails her ?”

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And man says, 'What ails it?'

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Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And man cries (distressed): 'What is the matter with her?'

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And says man, "What (is) with it?

OLD Transliteration

Waqala al-insanu ma laha

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