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Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 27

سورة الفرقان، الآية ٢٧

25:27 Juz 19 Hizb 37 Page 362 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 25:27

وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا ۝٢٧

Transliteration

wayawma yaʿaḍḍu l-ẓālimu ʿalā yadayhi yaqūlu yālaytanī ittakhadhtu maʿa l-rasūli sabīlan

Translation

And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.1018

Notes

[1018] i.e., followed the Prophet (ﷺ) on a path of guidance.

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Verse 27 of Surah Al-Furqan (25:27), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 362 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 27

Al-Mukhtasar

Mention - O Messenger - the day the evildoer on account of leaving out following the Messenger (peace be upon him) will bite his own hand out of regret and say, ‘If only I had followed the Messenger and what he brought from his Lord, and I had taken a path with him to salvation.’

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Other translations of verse 27

On that Day, the wrongdoer will bite his hands saying, “Would that I had taken a way with the Messenger12!

Notes

[12] i.e., followed the Prophet (ﷺ).

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).3

Notes

[3] (V.25:27) See the footnote of (V.3:85).

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)!

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!

And the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands saying: O! would that I had taken a way with the Messenger

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.

Verse 27 word by word

  1. وَيَوْمَ wayawma And (the) Day ي و م
  2. يَعَضُّ yaʿaḍḍu will bite ع ض ض
  3. ٱلظَّالِمُ l-ẓālimu the wrongdoer ظ ل م
  4. عَلَىٰ ʿalā [on]
  5. يَدَيْهِ yadayhi his hands ي د ي
  6. يَقُولُ yaqūlu he will say ق و ل
  7. يَٰلَيْتَنِى yālaytanī O I wish
  8. ٱتَّخَذْتُ ittakhadhtu I had taken أ خ ذ
  9. مَعَ maʿa with
  10. ٱلرَّسُولِ l-rasūli the Messenger ر س ل
  11. سَبِيلًا sabīlan a way س ب ل

Verses related to verse 27

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Ahzab 33:66–68

    يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِى ٱلنَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَٰلَيْتَنَآ أَطَعْنَا ٱللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا ٱلرَّسُولَا۠ …

    The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allāh and obeyed the Messenger." …

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    يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

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

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