Quran 25:27 — Al-Furqaan, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
On that Day the evildoer will bite his own hand and say, ‘If only I had taken the same path as the Messenger.
وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا
wayawma yaʿaḍḍu l-ẓālimu ʿalā yadayhi yaqūlu yālaytanī ittakhadhtu maʿa l-rasūli sabīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Upon the day the evildoer shall bite his hands, saying, 'Would that I had taken a way along with the Messenger!
- 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!
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَوْمَwayawma | And (the) Day | يوم |
| 2 | يَعَضُّyaʿaḍḍu | will bite | عضض |
| 3 | ٱلظَّالِمُl-ẓālimu | the wrongdoer | ظلم |
| 4 | عَلَىٰʿalā | [on] | — |
| 5 | يَدَيْهِyadayhi | his hands | يدي |
| 6 | يَقُولُyaqūlu | he will say | قول |
| 7 | يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanī | O I wish | — |
| 8 | ٱتَّخَذْتُittakhadhtu | I had taken | أخذ |
| 9 | مَعَmaʿa | with | — |
| 10 | ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūli | the Messenger | رسل |
| 11 | سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan | a way | سبل |