يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي ٢٤
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 The everlasting life of the Hereafter.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- يَقُولُHe will sayyaqūlu
- يَٰلَيۡتَنِيO I wishyālaytanī
- قَدَّمۡتُI had sent forthqaddamtu
- لِحَيَاتِيfor my lifeliḥayātī
Tafsir
He will say out of intense regret: “If only I had sent forth good deeds for my life Hereafter, which is the real life.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran