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هَلْ اَتٰى عَلَى الْاِنْسَانِ حِيْنٌ مِّنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْـًٔا مَّذْكُوْرًا   ( الانسان: ١ )

hal
هَلْ
Has
atā
أَتَىٰ
(there) come
ʿalā
عَلَى
upon
l-insāni
ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ
man
ḥīnun
حِينٌ
a period
mina
مِّنَ
of
l-dahri
ٱلدَّهْرِ
time
lam
لَمْ
not
yakun
يَكُن
he was
shayan
شَيْـًٔا
a thing
madhkūran
مَّذْكُورًا
mentioned?

Hal ataa 'alal insaani heenum minad dahri lam yakun shai'am mazkooraa (al-ʾInsān 76:1)

Sahih International:

Has there [not] come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned? (Al-Insan [76] : 1)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

There has come upon man a period of time in which he was nothing worth mentioning.