Quran 33:66 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 66
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
On the Day when their faces are being turned about in the Fire, they will say, ‘If only we had obeyed God and the Messenger,’
يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَا لَيْتَنَا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولَا
yawma tuqallabu wujūhuhum fī l-nāri yaqūlūna yālaytanā aṭaʿnā l-laha wa-aṭaʿnā l-rasūlā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Upon the day when their faces are turned about in the Fire they shall say, 'Ah, would we had obeyed God and the Messenger!
- Muhammad Asad
- On the Day when their faces shall be tossed about in the fire, they will exclaim, “Oh, would that we had paid heed unto God, and paid heed unto the Apostle!”
- Sahih International
- The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allāh and obeyed the Messenger."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَوْمَyawma | (The) Day | يوم |
| 2 | تُقَلَّبُtuqallabu | will be turned about | قلب |
| 3 | وُجُوهُهُمْwujūhuhum | their faces | وجه |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the Fire | نور |
| 6 | يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna | they will say | قول |
| 7 | يَـٰلَيْتَنَآyālaytanā | O we wish | — |
| 8 | أَطَعْنَاaṭaʿnā | we (had) obeyed | طوع |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | وَأَطَعْنَاwa-aṭaʿnā | and obeyed | طوع |
| 11 | ٱلرَّسُولَا۠l-rasūlā | the Messenger | رسل |