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وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلٰى يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَب۪يلاً

Wayawma yaAAaddu aththalimuAAala yadayhi yaqoolu ya laytanee ittakhathtumaAAa arrasooli sabeela

the Day when a wrongdoer will bite his hands and say, ‘Alas for me! If only I had gone the way of the Messenger!

  • Progressive Muslims

    And that Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hand and Say: "I wish I had taken the path with the messenger!"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    When the Day comes, the transgressor will bite his hands in anguish, exclaiming, "Oh, I wish I had taken a Path with the Messenger!"

  • Sam Gerrans

    And the day the wrongdoer will bite his hands, he will say: “Would that I had taken with the Messenger a path!

  • The Monotheist Group

    Andthat Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hand and say: "I wish I had taken the path with the messenger!"

  • Edip-Layth

    That day the wrongdoer will bite on his hand and say, "I wish I had taken the path with the messenger!"

  • Aisha Bewley

    the Day when a wrongdoer will bite his hands and say, ‘Alas for me! If only I had gone the way of the Messenger!

  • Rashad Khalifa

    The day will come when the transgressor will bite his hands (in anguish) and say, "Alas, I wish I had followed the path with the messenger.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The sinner will then bite his hand and say: "Would that I had taken the road with the Prophet.

  • Sahih International

    And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.

  • Muhammad Asad

    and a Day on which the evildoer will bite his hands [in despair], exclaiming: "Oh, would that I had followed the path shown to me by the apostle!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    On the day when the wrong-doer gnaweth his hands, he will say: Ah, would that I had chosen a way together with the messenger (of Allah)!

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    This is the day the wrongful of actions shall bite his hands to intimate regret for all that he had done and for what he had left undone; he will wish he had taken the same path taken by the Messenger.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    On that Day, the unjust will bite his hand and say: "I wish I had followed the path suggested by the Prophet. "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And (remember) the Day when the Zâlim (wrong-doer, oppressor, polytheist) will bite at his hands, he will say: "Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم).[1]

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    The Day that the wrong-doer will bite at his hands, he will say, "Oh! would that I had taken a (straight) path with the Messenger!

  • Mustafa Khattab

    And ˹beware of˺ the Day the wrongdoer will bite his nails ˹in regret˺ and say, "Oh! I wish I had followed the Way along with the Messenger!

  • Taqi Usmani

    And (Be mindful of) the Day the wrongdoer will bite his hands saying, "Would that I had taken a path along with the messenger!

  • Abdul Haleem

    On that Day the evildoer will bite his own hand and say, ‘If only I had taken the same path as the Messenger.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Upon the day the evildoer shall bite his hands, saying, 'Would that I had taken a way along with the Messenger!

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And the day when the unjust shall bite his hands and say, 'O, would that I had taken a way with the Apostle!'

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    The true kingdom (sovereignty, dominion) on that day shall belong to the Beneficent, and it shall be a hard day for the disbelievers.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And the Day that the unjust (person) will bite at both his hands, (and) say, "Oh, would that I had taken to myself a way along with the Messenger.

  • George Sale

    On that day, the unjust person shall bite his hands for anguish and despair, and shall say, O that I had taken the way of truth with the apostle!

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And the Day when the wrong-doer (of every type) will bite at his hands; He will say: "Oh! If only I had taken a (Straight) path with the Messenger (of Allah)!

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    On that day the unjust shall bite his hands (in regret); he will say, `If only I had followed the (same) path along with the Messenger!

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    A day when the wrongdoer will bite his hands, saying, ‘I wish I had followed the Apostle’s way!