Man 76:1

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Arabic English Morphology
هَلْ hal
Has Prep
(there) come V
عَلَى ʿalā
upon Prep
man Noun
حِينٌ ḥīnun
a period Noun
مِّنَ mina
of Prep
time Noun
لَمْ lam
not Prep
يَكُن yakun
he was V
a thing Noun
mentioned Noun

Was there not a period of time when man was nothing to speak of

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

هَلۡ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنِ حِینࣱ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهۡرِ لَمۡ یَكُن شَیۡءࣰا مَّذۡكُورًا ۝١

hal atā ʿalā l-insāni ḥīnun mina l-dahri lam yakun shayan madhkūra