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Muhammad Asad   
and man cries out, "What has happened to 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?'

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Arabic   
وَقَالَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا لَهَ
Transliteration (2021)   
waqāla l-insānu mā lah
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And says man, "What (is) with it?"

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and man cries out, "What has happened to her?"
M. M. Pickthall   
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?”
The Study Quran   
and man says, “What ails her?
Dr. Kamal Omar   
and the human being said: “What (has gone wrong) with it?”
Farook Malik   
man shall say: "What is happening to her?"
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
And man says, 'What is the matter with it?'
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?"

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
and Man says., 'What ails her?
George Sale   
and a man shall say, what aileth her
Edward Henry Palmer   
and man shall say, What ails her
John Medows Rodwell   
And man shall say, What aileth her
N J Dawood (2014)   
and Man says, ‘What may this mean?‘ ―

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
And humanity cries, “What is wrong with it?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
and everyman says: "What is [happening] to her?"
Sayyid Qutb   
and man cries: What is the matter 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 ?”

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And man cries (distressed): 'What is the matter with her?'
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And says man, "What (is) with it?