25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 27
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!