Surah Az-Zumar — Verse 58
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أَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Aw taqoola heena tara alAAathabalaw anna lee karratan faakoona mina almuhsineen
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good."
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Or, faced by punishment, it says, “If only I could have another chance, I would join those who do good!”
Marmaduke Pickthall
Or should say, when it seeth the doom: Oh, that I had but a second chance that I might be among the righteous!
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
"Or (lest) it should say when it (actually) sees the penalty: 'If only I had another chance, I should certainly be among those who do good!'
Mufti Taqi Usmani
or, (lest) someone should say when he sees the punishment, “Would that I have a chance to return, so that I may become one of those who are good in their deeds.”
Al-Hilali & Khan
Or (lest) he should say when he sees the torment: "If only I had another chance (to return to the world), then I should indeed be among the Muhsinûn (good-doers - See V.2:112)."
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
or lest he should say, when he sees the chastisement: “O that I might return again, and be among those who do good.”
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
or lest he should say, when he becomes aware of the suffering [that awaits him], “Would that I had a second chance [in life], so that I could be among the doers of good!”
Rowwad · source edition
or says, upon seeing the punishment, “If only I had another chance[17], I could be among those who do good.”
Notes
[17] Of the worldly life.
Noor International · source edition
(58) Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn[1356] so I could be among the doers of good."
Notes
[1356]- At worldly life.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
58. Or (lest) he should say when he sees the torment: "If only I had another chance (to return to the world), then I should indeed be among the Muhsinûn (good-doers - See V.2:112)."