Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration Arabic وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَه Transliteration Waamma man ootiya kita bahu bishima lihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kita biyah Transliteration-2 wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiya Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more But as for (him) who is given his record in his left hand will say, "O! I wish not I had been given my record
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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning Muhammad Asad But as for him whose record shall be placed in his left hand, he will exclaim: "Oh, would that I had never been shown this my record M. M. Pickthall But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my boo Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me Shakir And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O would that my book had never been given me Wahiduddin Khan But he who is given his record in his left hand will say, If only I had never been given my Recor Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar But as for him who is given his book to his left he will say: O would that I was not given my book, T.B.Irving However anyone who is given his book in his left hand will say: "It´s too bad for me; if only my book had not been given me, The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record, Safi Kaskas As for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "I wish I was never given my record Abdul Hye But as for the one who will be given its record (of deeds) in its left hand, will say: “I wish that I had not been given my record (of deeds) The Study Quran And as for one who is given his book in his left hand, he will say, “Would that I had not been given my book [The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) As for him who is given his record in his left, he will Say: "Oh, I wish I never received my record," Abdel Haleem But anyone who is given his Record in his left hand will say, ‘If only I had never been given any Recor Abdul Majid Daryabadi Then as to him who shall be vouchsafed his book in his left hand, he shall say: Oh! would that I had not been vouchsafed my book Ahmed Ali But whosoever gets his ledger in his left hand, will say: "Would that I were never given my ledger Aisha Bewley But as for him who is given his Book in his left hand, he will say, ´If only I had not been given my Book Ali Ünal But as for him whose Record is given in his left hand, he will say: "Ah, would that I had never been given my Record Ali Quli Qara'i But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he will say, ‘I wish I had not been given my book Hamid S. Aziz And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say, "O would that my book had never been given me Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali And as for him whose book is brought to him in his left (hand), he will then say, "oh, would that my book had not been brought to me Muhammad Sarwar However, those who will receive the books of the records of their deeds in their left hands will say, "We wish that this record had never been given to u Muhammad Taqi Usmani As for him who will be given his book in his left hand, he will say, . Oh, would that I had not been given my book Shabbir Ahmed But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I was never given my record Syed Vickar Ahamed And he who will be given his record in his left hand, will say: "I wish my record was not been given to me Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) 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 recor Farook Malik While he, who will be given his Book of Deeds in his left hand, will say: "Woe to me, would that I had not been given my Book of Deed Dr. Munir Munshey While he, who is given his record (of deeds) in his left hand would (lament and) say, "I wish I had never been given my record." Dr. Kamal Omar And as for him who is handed over his record (of deeds) in his left (side) — so he will say: “O, would that, I had not been given my that record (which I did in my worldly life) Talal A. Itani (new translation) But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he will say, 'I wish I was never given my book Maududi As for him whose Record will be given to him in his left hand, he will exclaim: "Would that I had never been given my Record Ali Bakhtiari Nejad But anyone who is given his book to his left hand, he says: I wish I was not given my book A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) And he who will be given his record in his left hand will say, “I wish that my record had not been given to me Musharraf Hussain However, the one given the Book of Deeds in his left hand, will say, “I am ruined! I wish that I had not been given my Book, [The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) As for him who is given his record in his left, he will say: "Oh, I wish I never received my record, Mohammad Shafi And he, whose Record will be given to him in his left hand, will say, "Would that I had never been given my Record!"
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works Bijan Moeinian As to the one who will be given his sentence to the left hand, he will moan: “I wish I would have never done all those wrong things.&rdquo Faridul Haque And whoever is given his book in his left hand - he will say, “Alas, if only my account were not given to me!&rdquo Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah But, he who is given his book in his left hand will say: 'Woe to me, would that my book had not been given to me Maulana Muhammad Ali And as for him who is given his book in his left hand -- he will say: O would that my book had not been given to me Muhammad Ahmed - Samira And but who was given/brought his Book/judgment with his left (hand), so he says: "I wish I would have not been given my book/judgment ." Sher Ali But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, `O, would that I had not been given my record Rashad Khalifa As for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I never received my recor Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) And as for him whose record shall be given in his left hand, he will say, 'oh would that, I had not been given my record! Amatul Rahman Omar But he who will be given the record (of his deeds) in his left hand, will say, `O would that I had not been given my record Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri And as for him who will be given his record in his left hand, he will say: ‘Would that I had not been given my record Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali But as for him who will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works Arthur John Arberry But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he shall say, 'Would that I had not been given my boo Edward Henry Palmer But as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say, 'O, would that I had not received my book George Sale But he who shall have his book delivered into his left hand, shall say, O that I had not received this my book John Medows Rodwell But he who shall have his book given into his left hand, will say, "O that my book had never been given me N J Dawood (2014) But he who is given his book in his left hand will say: ‘Would that I were not given my book
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress Linda “iLHam” Barto The one who receives his/her record in his/her left hand will say, “Oh, I wish that my record had not been given to me. Ahmed Hulusi As for he whose (book) life record is formed from his left, he will say, “I wish I had never been given my record!” Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim But he whose book, bearing his record, is given in his left hand will pitifully say: "I wish I had suffered eternal death then I would never have been given that book" Mir Aneesuddin And as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, “I wish my record had not been given to me,
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