Inna al-insana khuliqa halooAAa (surah Maarij: 19)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(70:19) Verily man is impatient by nature: *13

Innal insaana khuliqa haloo`aa

*13) "Man has been created impatient": It is man's nature, or his natural weakness, to be impatient. Here, one should keep in view that at many places in the Qur'an, after making mention of mankind's common moral weaknesses, those who believe and adopted righteousness have been made an exception; the same theme is being expressed in the following verses. This by itself explains the truth that these hereditary weaknesses are not unalterable; if man accepts the guidance sent down by God and tries to reform himself practically, he can remove them, and if he gives a free rope to his self these become ingrained in him deeply. (For further explanation, see E.N. 41 of Al-Anbiya', E.N.'s 23-28 of Az-Zumar, E.N. 75 of Ash-Shura).