Quran 39:56 — Az-Zumar, verse 56
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and your soul says, “Woe is me for having neglected what is due to God, and having been one of those who scoffed!”
أَنْ تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتَىٰ عَلَىٰ مَا فَرَّطْتُ فِي جَنْبِ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ كُنْتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ
an taqūla nafsun yāḥasratā ʿalā mā farraṭtu fī janbi l-lahi wa-in kuntu lamina l-sākhirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Lest any soul should say, 'Alas for me, in that I neglected my duty to God, and was a scoffer,'
- Muhammad Asad
- lest any human being should say [on Judgment Day], “Alas for me for having been remiss in what is due to God, and for having been indeed one of those who scoffed [at the truth]!”
- Sahih International
- Lest a soul should say, "Oh, [how great is] my regret over what I neglected in regard to Allāh and that I was among the mockers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَنan | Lest | — |
| 2 | تَقُولَtaqūla | should say | قول |
| 3 | نَفْسٌۭnafsun | a soul | نفس |
| 4 | يَـٰحَسْرَتَىٰyāḥasratā | Oh! My regret | حسر |
| 5 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 6 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 7 | فَرَّطتُfarraṭtu | I neglected | فرط |
| 8 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 9 | جَنۢبِjanbi | regard (to) | جنب |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 11 | وَإِنwa-in | and that | — |
| 12 | كُنتُkuntu | I was | كون |
| 13 | لَمِنَlamina | surely, among | — |
| 14 | ٱلسَّـٰخِرِينَl-sākhirīna | the mockers | سخر |