Qarib: We created the human in fatigue.
Sarwar: that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship.
Shakir: Certainly We have created man to be in distress
Pickthall: We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Yusufali: Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

Qarib: Does he think that none has power over him!
Sarwar: Does He think that no one will ever have control over him?
Shakir: Does he think that no one has power over him?
Pickthall: Thinketh he that none hath power over him?
Yusufali: Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

Qarib: He will say: 'I have destroyed a vast wealth. '
Sarwar: (He boasts and shows off) saying, "I have spent a great deal of money (for the cause of God)".
Shakir: He shall say: I have wasted much wealth
Pickthall: And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Yusufali: He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!

Qarib: Does he think that none has observed him?
Sarwar: Does he think that no one has seen him?
Shakir: Does he think that no one sees him?
Pickthall: Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Yusufali: Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

Qarib: Have We not given him two eyes,
Sarwar: Have We not given him two eyes,
Shakir: Have We not given him two eyes,
Pickthall: Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Yusufali: Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-

Qarib: a tongue, and two lips,
Sarwar: a tongue, and two lips?
Shakir: And a tongue and two lips,
Pickthall: And a tongue and two lips,
Yusufali: And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-

Qarib: and guided him on the two paths (of good and evil)?
Sarwar: Have We not shown him the ways of good and evil?
Shakir: And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
Pickthall: And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?
Yusufali: And shown him the two highways?

Qarib: Yet he has not scaled the height.
Sarwar: Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba
Shakir: But he would not attempt the uphill road,
Pickthall: But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
Yusufali: But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

Qarib: What could let you know what the height is!
Sarwar: Would that you knew what Aqaba is!
Shakir: And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Pickthall: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
Yusufali: And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-

Qarib: (It is) the freeing of a slave,
Sarwar: It is the setting free of a slave
Shakir: (It is) the setting free of a slave,
Pickthall: (It is) to free a slave,
Yusufali: (It is:) freeing the bondman;