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Al-Furqan 27

Ayah 27 of 77 · Meccan

وَيَوۡمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيۡهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي ٱتَّخَذۡتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلٗا ٢٧

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.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., followed the Prophet (ﷺ) on a path of guidance.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَوۡمَAnd (the) Daywayawma
  2. يَعَضُّwill biteyaʿaḍḍu
  3. ٱلظَّالِمُthe wrongdoerl-ẓālimu
  4. عَلَىٰ[on]ʿalā
  5. يَدَيۡهِhis handsyadayhi
  6. يَقُولُhe will sayyaqūlu
  7. يَٰلَيۡتَنِيO I wishyālaytanī
  8. ٱتَّخَذۡتُI had takenittakhadhtu
  9. مَعَwithmaʿa
  10. ٱلرَّسُولِthe Messengerl-rasūli
  11. سَبِيلٗاa waysabīlan

Tafsir

Mention - O Messenger - the day the evildoer on account of leaving out following the Messenger (peace be upon him) will bite his own hand out of regret and say, ‘If only I had followed the Messenger and what he brought from his Lord, and I had taken a path with him to salvation.’

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran