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Az-Zumar 58

Ayah 58 of 75 · Meccan

أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةٗ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٥٨

Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn1 so I could be among the doers of good."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 At worldly life.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَوۡOraw
  2. تَقُولَit should saytaqūla
  3. حِينَwhenḥīna
  4. تَرَىit seestarā
  5. ٱلۡعَذَابَthe punishmentl-ʿadhāba
  6. لَوۡIflaw
  7. أَنَّonlyanna
  8. لِيfor melī
  9. كَرَّةٗanother chancekarratan
  10. فَأَكُونَthen I could befa-akūna
  11. مِنَamongmina
  12. ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَthe good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna

Tafsir

Or it will say when it will see the punishment, wishing: If only I could return to the world and repent to Allah, and be one of those who do good deeds.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran