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Muhammad Asad   
VERILY, man is born with a restless disposition
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Indeed, humankind was created impatient:
Safi Kaskas   
The Human being was created full of anxiety:

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Arabic   
۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ۝١٩
Transliteration (2021)   
inna l-insāna khuliqa halūʿa
Word for Word
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Indeed, the man was created anxious -

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
VERILY, man is born with a restless disposition
M. M. Pickthall   
Lo! man was created anxious
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Truly man was created very impatient;
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Indeed, humankind was created impatient:
Safi Kaskas   
The Human being was created full of anxiety:
Wahiduddin Khan   
Indeed, man is born impatient
Shakir   
Surely man is created of a hasty temperamen
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Truly, the human being was created fretful.
T.B.Irving   
Man has been created restless,
Abdul Hye   
Surely, human has been created very impatient,
The Study Quran   
Truly man was created anxious
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Man was created anxious.
Talal Itani (2012)   
Man was created restless
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Verily, a human being: (as if) he is created impatient
M. Farook Malik   
Indeed, man has been created impatient
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Surely man was created most fretful
Muhammad Sarwar   
Human beings are created greedy
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Indeed man is created weak in courage
Shabbir Ahmed   
Verily, man is created with an anxious disposition
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Indeed, man is created impatient (and fretful)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Truly, man was created very impatient—
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Indeed, mankind was created anxious
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Indeed, mankind was created anxious
Abdel Haleem   
Man was truly created anxious
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Verily man is formed impatient
Ahmed Ali   
Surely man is greedy by nature
Aisha Bewley   
Truly man was created headstrong —
Ali Ünal   
Surely human has been created with a restless, impatient disposition
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Indeed man has been created covetous
Hamid S. Aziz   
Surely man is created anxious (or impatient
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Indeed, human being is created greedy (and anxious),
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Truly the human being was created impatient
Musharraf Hussain   
Humans were created anxious;
Maududi   
Verily man is impatient by nature
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Indeed, man was created anxious
Mohammad Shafi   
Man is indeed impatient by natur

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Undoubtedly, man has been made impatient greedy.
Rashad Khalifa   
Indeed, the human being is anxious.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Indeed, the human was created grudging and impatient
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Surely man is created impatient -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
That truly the human/mankind was created worrisome/frightened
Bijan Moeinian   
One of the man’s deficiency that he has to work upon is his impatience
Faridul Haque   
Indeed man is created very impatient, greedy
Sher Ali   
Verily, man is created impatient and miserly
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Surely, man has been created impatient and greedy
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Verily, such a person is impatient and miserly by nature
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Verily, man (disbeliever) was created very impatient

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Surely man was created fretful
George Sale   
Verily man is created extremely impatient
Edward Henry Palmer   
Verily, man is by nature rash
John Medows Rodwell   
Man truly is by creation hasty
N J Dawood (2014)   
Indeed, man was created impatient

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Truly the human being was created anxious.
Munir Mezyed   
Verily, man has a (natural tendency) to be quickly irritated
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
For man has been created impatient,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Humanity tends to be impatient.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Indeed, man was created fretful:
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Man has been created restless,
Samy Mahdy   
Surely the human was created, scared.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Indeed, man is created with ambition and greed!
Mir Aneesuddin   
Man is certainly hasty (by) character;
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Man is wanting in moral strength for endurance, lacking courage and strength of purpose and will, and unduly swayed by grief. He is selfish and he is only concerned with his own advantage to the exclusion of regard for others

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Truly man was created very impatient;
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Indeed, the man was created anxious
OLD Transliteration   
Inna al-insana khuliqa halooAAan