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69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 27

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يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَۚ

Ya laytaha kanati alqadiya

If only death had really been the end!

  • Progressive Muslims

    "I wish the end had been final, "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Oh, could this be the end of me!

  • Sam Gerrans

    “Would that it had been the end!

  • The Monotheist Group

    "I wish the end had been final,"

  • Edip-Layth

    "I wish the end had been final,"

  • Aisha Bewley

    If only death had really been the end!

  • Rashad Khalifa

    "I wish my death was eternal.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    I wish death had put an end to me.

  • Sahih International

    I wish my death had been the decisive one.

  • Muhammad Asad

    Oh, would that this [death of mine] had been the end of me!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Oh, would that it had been death!

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    "I wish my death were the end and the final catastrophe. "

  • Bijan Moeinian

    "I whish my death would have been the end of my existence. "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    "Would that it had been my end (death)!

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!

  • Mustafa Khattab

    I wish death was the end!

  • Taqi Usmani

    Oh, would that it (death) had been the end of the matter!

  • Abdul Haleem

    How I wish death had been the end of me.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Would it had been the end!

  • E. Henry Palmer

    O, would that it had been an end of me!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    "O would that it (death) had made an end of me:

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Oh, would that it had been the decreed end!

  • George Sale

    O that death had made an end of me!

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "Would that (death) had made an end of me!

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `Would that it (- the death) had made an end of me!

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    I wish death had been the end of it all!