Surah Al-Insan 76:1

The Man · Verse 1 of 31 · Juz 29 · Page 578

هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ حِينٌ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْـًٔا مَّذْكُورًا

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

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

Has there ever been — there has indeed been — for man Adam a period of time forty years in which he was a thing unmentioned? — he was during this period a fashioned in clay and not mentioned; alternatively what is meant by insān ‘man’ is the generic noun and by hīn ‘a period of time’ the period of gestation.

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 76:1, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.