Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Verily, man is bound to lose himsel
M. M. Pickthall
Lo! man is in a state of loss
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Verily Man is in loss
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Surely humanity is in ˹grave˺ loss,
Wahiduddin Khan
that man is surely in a state of loss
Safi Kaskas
the human being is surely, in a state of loss.
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
truly, the human being is, surely, in a loss
T.B.Irving
[feels] at a loss
Shakir
Most surely man is in loss
Abdul Hye
Surely! Mankind is in loss,
The Study Quran
truly mankind is in loss
Talal Itani (2012)
The human being is in loss
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
The human being is at a loss.
Dr. Kamal Omar
Verily, the human being is surely in loss
Dr. Munir Munshey
Indeed, mankind happens to be in a state of a grave loss
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Surely, man is in loss
Indeed, mankind is in loss
Surely mankind is in loss
Muhammad Sarwar
the human being is doomed to suffer loss
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
man is in a state of loss indeed
Shabbir Ahmed
That man is, and has been, in a state of loss
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Surely man is indeed in (sheer) loss
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The human is indeed in loss
Abdel Haleem
man is [deep] in loss
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily man is in loss
Ahmed Ali
Man is certainly loss
Aisha Bewley
truly man is in loss —
Ali Ünal
Most certainly, human is in loss
Ali Quli Qara'i
Indeed man is in loss
Hamid S. Aziz
Verily, man is in a state of loss
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Indeed the human being is lost
Musharraf Hussain
humans are at a loss,
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
indeed, the human being is in loss
Maududi
Lo! Man is in a state of loss
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Man is indeed in loss.
Mohammad Shafi
Indeed, mankind is surely in loss
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Undoubtedly, man is necessarily in loss.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Surely, the human is in a (state of) loss
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely man is in loss
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
That truly the human/mankind (is) in (E) loss
Bijan Moeinian
that human beings are most definitely in loss
Faridul Haque
Indeed man is surely in a loss
The human being is utterly lost
Sher Ali
Surely, man is ever in a state of loss
Amatul Rahman Omar
Verily, a person (who is unmindful of God and higher values of his life) is pursuing a losing bargain
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Indeed, man is at a loss (for he is losing his valuable lifetime)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Verily! Man is in loss
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Truly the human being is surely in loss.
Munir Mezyed
Lo! Man is keen to pursue perdition,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Man is at a loss,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Truly, humanity is at loss.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
man is most surely in a continuous state of loss,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
everyman [feels] at a loss
Samy Mahdy
Surely the human is at a loss.
Sayyid Qutb
that man is a certain loser,
Thomas Cleary
humanity is indeed at a loss,
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, mankind is in loss!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
people are definitely losers -
Mir Aneesuddin
Man is certainly at a loss,
Man suffers loss through negligence and misadventure and what his ambition is worth
The Wise Quran
Indeed, man is surely in loss,