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Al-Haqqah 25

Ayah 25 of 52 · Meccan

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ ٢٥

But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَمَّاBut as forwa-ammā
  2. مَنۡ(him) whoman
  3. أُوتِيَis givenūtiya
  4. كِتَٰبَهُۥhis recordkitābahu
  5. بِشِمَالِهِۦin his left handbishimālihi
  6. فَيَقُولُwill sayfayaqūlu
  7. يَٰلَيۡتَنِيO! I wishyālaytanī
  8. لَمۡnotlam
  9. أُوتَI had been givenūta
  10. كِتَٰبِيَهۡmy recordkitābiyah

Tafsir

As for the one who will be given his book of deeds in his left hand, he will say out of extreme regret, “If only I had not been given my book of deeds, because of the evil deeds deserving punishment within it.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran