﴿ بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ حِينٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْـًۭٔا مَّذْكُورًا ﴾

“HAS THERE [not] been an endless span of time before man [appeared - a time] when he was not yet a thing to be thought of?”

Please check ayah 76:3 for complete tafsir.