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ق۪يلَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَۜ قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ قَوْم۪ي يَعْلَمُونَۙ

Qeela odkhuli aljannata qala yalayta qawmee yaAAlamoon

He was told, ‘Enter the Garden!’ He said, ‘If my people only knew

  • Progressive Muslims

    It was said: "Enter Paradise. " He said "Oh, how I wish my people only knew!"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And this man was told, "You shall enter Paradise. " He exclaimed, "I wish my people only knew.

  • Sam Gerrans

    It was said: “Enter thou the Garden.” He said: “I would that my people knew

  • The Monotheist Group

    It was said: "Enter the Paradise." He said "Oh, how I wish if only my people knew!"

  • Edip-Layth

    It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said "Oh, how I wish my people only knew!"

  • Aisha Bewley

    He was told, ‘Enter the Garden!’ He said, ‘If my people only knew

  • Rashad Khalifa

    (At the time of his death) he was told, "Enter Paradise." He said, "Oh, I wish my people knew.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    (But they stoned him to death. ) It was said to him: "Enter Paradise;" and he said: "If only my people knew

  • Sahih International

    It was said, "Enter Paradise. " He said, "I wish my people could know

  • Muhammad Asad

    [And] he was told, "[Thou shalt] enter paradise!" - [whereupon] he exclaimed: “Would that my people knew

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people knew

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    (The man might have suffered martyrdom at their hands) Received with gracious and hearty welcome and great honour in heaven’s Realm, he was ushered to Paradise and there he exclaimed: "I wish my people knew".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    When he was told (at the moment of his death) : "Enter the Paradise", he said “I wish my people would see me now”

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    It was said (to him when the disbelievers killed him): "Enter Paradise." He said: "Would that my people knew[1]

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    It was said: "Enter thou the Garden." He said: "Ah me! Would that my People knew (what I know)!-

  • Mustafa Khattab

    ˹But they killed him, then˺ he was told ˹by the angels˺, "Enter Paradise!" He said, “If only my people knew

  • Taqi Usmani

    (Thereafter when his people killed him,) it was said to him, "Enter the Paradise". He said, “Would that my people knew

  • Abdul Haleem

    He was told, ‘Enter the Garden,’ so he said, ‘If only my people knew

  • Arthur John Arberry

    It was said, 'Enter Paradise!' He said, 'Ah, would that my people had knowledge

  • E. Henry Palmer

    It was said, 'Enter thou into Paradise!' said he, 'O, would that my people did but know!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    "Verily, I believe in your Lord, therefore hear me. "

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    It was said, "Enter the Garden!" He said, " Oh, would that my people knew.

  • George Sale

    But they stoned him: And as he died, it was said unto him, enter thou into paradise. And he said, O that my people knew

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    It was said: "You enter the Garden. " He said: "O me! If only my people knew (what I know)!

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    It was said (to him by God), `Enter Paradise (while you are still living). ' He said, `O, would that my people knew,

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    He was told, ‘Enter paradise!’ He said, ‘Alas! Had my people only known