Al-Insan-1, Surah The Human Verse-1

Has there not come over man a long period of time when he was not a thing worth mentioning (until he became a being worth mentioning) (a period that passed from his first creation as a single cell until his becoming a being worth mentioning-his birth)?

Surely there hath come upon man a space of time when he was not a thing worth mentioning.

Has there been a period of time for man when he was not anything worthy of mention?

Did there pass (– and surely there did pass –) over human a stretch of time when he was a thing not mentioned and remembered (as human)?

WAS THERE NOT a time in the life of man when he was not even a mentionable thing?

Indeed there has been a time for man, when even his name did not exist anywhere.

There did pass over a human being a while of a long space of time when he was not a thing worth mentioning.

Has there come on man a while of time when he was a thing unremembered?

Was there not over man a long period of time when he was a thing unremembered (nothing, not worth mention).

Has there not been over man a period of time, when he was nothing to be mentioned?

Surely there came over man a time when he was nothing that could be mentioned.

There surely came over man a period of time when he was a thing not worth mentioning.

Hath there come upon man (ever) any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered?

There was certainly a time when there was no mention of the human being.

Indeed, there came upon the human a period of time when he was an unremembered thing.

Has there [not] come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned?

Indeed there has been a time for man, when even his name did not exist anywhere.

Has there come upon man a period of time when he was nothing to be mentioned?

Was there not a period of time when man was nothing worth mentioning?

Has there not been over Man a long period of Time, when he was nothing - (not even) mentioned?