Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And the day the wrongdoer will bite his hands, he will say: “Would that I had taken with the Messenger a path!

وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلٰى يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَب۪يلاً
Wayawma yaAAaddu aththalimuAAala yadayhi yaqoolu ya laytanee ittakhathtumaAAa arrasooli sabeela
#wordmeaningroot
1wayawmaAnd (the) Dayيوم
2yaʿaḍḍuwill biteعضض
3l-ẓālimuthe wrongdoerظلم
4ʿalā[on]
5yadayhihis handsيدي
6yaqūluhe will sayقول
7yālaytanīO I wish
8ittakhadhtuI had takenاخذ
9maʿawith
10l-rasūlithe Messengerرسل
11sabīlana wayسبل
  • Aisha Bewley

    the Day when a wrongdoer will bite his hands and say, ‘Alas for me! If only I had gone the way of the Messenger!

  • Progressive Muslims

    And that Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hand and Say: "I wish I had taken the path with the messenger!"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    When the Day comes, the transgressor will bite his hands in anguish, exclaiming, "Oh, I wish I had taken a Path with the Messenger!"

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And the day the wrongdoer will bite his hands, he will say: “Would that I had taken with the Messenger a path!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Andthat Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hand and say: "I wish I had taken the path with the messenger!"

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    That day the wrongdoer will bite on his hand and say, "I wish I had taken the path with the messenger!"

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The day will come when the transgressor will bite his hands (in anguish) and say, "Alas, I wish I had followed the path with the messenger.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The sinner will then bite his hand and say: "Would that I had taken the road with the Prophet.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.

  • Muhammad Asad

    and a Day on which the evildoer will bite his hands , exclaiming: "Oh, would that I had followed the path shown to me by the apostle!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    On the day when the wrong-doer gnaweth his hands, he will say: Ah, would that I had chosen a way together with the messenger (of Allah)!

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    a Day when the wrong-doer will bite his hands, saying: "Would that I had stood by the Messenger!

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    This is the day the wrongful of actions shall bite his hands to intimate regret for all that he had done and for what he had left undone; he will wish he had taken the same path taken by the Messenger.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    On that Day, the unjust will bite his hand and say: "I wish I had followed the path suggested by the Prophet. "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And (remember) the Day when the Zâlim (wrong-doer, oppressor, polytheist) will bite at his hands, he will say: "Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    The Day that the wrong-doer will bite at his hands, he will say, "Oh! would that I had taken a (straight) path with the Messenger!

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And ˹beware of˺ the Day the wrongdoer will bite his nails ˹in regret˺ and say, "Oh! I wish I had followed the Way along with the Messenger!

  • Taqi Usmani

    And (Be mindful of) the Day the wrongdoer will bite his hands saying, "Would that I had taken a path along with the messenger!

  • Abdul Haleem

    On that Day the evildoer will bite his own hand and say, ‘If only I had taken the same path as the Messenger.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Upon the day the evildoer shall bite his hands, saying, 'Would that I had taken a way along with the Messenger!

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And the day when the unjust shall bite his hands and say, 'O, would that I had taken a way with the Apostle!'

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    The true kingdom (sovereignty, dominion) on that day shall belong to the Beneficent, and it shall be a hard day for the disbelievers.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And the Day that the unjust (person) will bite at both his hands, (and) say, "Oh, would that I had taken to myself a way along with the Messenger.

  • George Sale

    On that day, the unjust person shall bite his hands for anguish and despair, and shall say, O that I had taken the way of truth with the apostle!

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And the Day when the wrong-doer (of every type) will bite at his hands; He will say: "Oh! If only I had taken a (Straight) path with the Messenger (of Allah)!

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    On that day the unjust shall bite his hands (in regret); he will say, `If only I had followed the (same) path along with the Messenger!

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    A day when the wrongdoer will bite his hands, saying, ‘I wish I had followed the Apostle’s way!