Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:28

25:28

يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا

yāwaylatā laytanī lam attakhidh fulānan khalīlan

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

— Saheeh International

Woe is me! If only I had not taken so and so as a friend-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰyāwaylatāO woe to me
لَيْتَنِىlaytanīI wish
لَمْlamnot
أَتَّخِذْattakhidhI had taken
فُلَانًاfulānanthat one
خَلِيلًۭاkhalīlan(as) a friend