Al-Fajr (الفجر)

Verse 24 of 30

Chapter 89 - The Dawn

24

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

Quran 89:24 - Surah Al-Fajr

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22

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا

And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,

23

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?

24

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

25

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

26

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].