سورة الحجر، الآية ٢
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ ٢
rubamā yawaddu alladhīna kafarū law kānū mus'limīna
Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish669 that they had been Muslims.
[669] On the Day of Judgement or at the time of death.
Verse 2 of Surah Al-Hijr (15:2), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 262 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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On the Day of Judgement, when things become clear to them, the disbelievers will wish they were Muslim. The falsity of their ways in the world will be made clear to them.
The disbelievers will soon2 wish that they were Muslims.
[2] On the Judgment Day or upon their death.
How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims [those who have submitted themselves to Allâh’s Will in Islâm i.e. Islâmic Monotheism - this will be on the Day of Resurrection when they will see the disbelievers going to Hell and the Muslims going to Paradise].1
[1] (V.15:2): See the footnote of (V.3:85).
It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims.
Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.
Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims.
(Probably) the ones who have disbelieved would often rather like that if they were Muslims.
One hadith cites this verse; its text is in Arabic.
وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ وُقِفُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ فَقَالُوا۟ يَٰلَيْتَنَا نُرَدُّ وَلَا نُكَذِّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّنَا وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
If you could but see when they are made to stand before the Fire and will say, "Oh, would that we could be returned [to life on earth] and not deny the signs of our Lord and be among the believers."
