يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧
I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., ending life rather than being the gateway to eternal life.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- يَٰلَيۡتَهَاO! I wish ityālaytahā
- كَانَتِhad beenkānati
- ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَthe endl-qāḍiyata
Tafsir
“If only the death I died, was the final one after which I was never resurrected.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran