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Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 28

سورة الفرقان، الآية ٢٨

25:28 Juz 19 Hizb 37 Page 362 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 25:28

يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا ۝٢٨

Transliteration

yāwaylatā laytanī lam attakhidh fulānan khalīlan

Translation

Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one¹⁰¹⁹ as a friend.

Notes

[1019] The person who misguided him.

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Verse 28 of Surah Al-Furqan (25:28), 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 28

Al-Mukhtasar

He will also say due to extreme grief cursing himself: Alas for me! If only I had not taken so-and-so disbeliever as a friend!

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Other translations of verse 28

Woe to me! Would that I had not taken so-and-so¹³ as a close friend!

Notes

[13] i.e., the one who misguided him.

"Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as a Khalîl (an intimate friend)!

Alas for me! Ah, would that I had never taken such an one for friend!

"Ah! woe is me! Would that I had never taken such a one for a friend!

O woe is me! would that I had not taken such a one for a friend!

Oh, woe to me! Would that I had not taken so-and-so to myself for a (close) fellow.

Verse 28 word by word

يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰ yāwaylatā O woe to me
لَيْتَنِى laytanī I wish
لَمْ lam not
أَتَّخِذْ attakhidh I had taken أ خ ذ
فُلَانًا fulānan that one ف ل ن
خَلِيلًا khalīlan (as) a friend خ ل ل

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