Surah As-Sajdah (السجدة) • The Prostration

Quran 32:12

32:12

وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُوا۟ رُءُوسِهِمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ رَبَّنَآ أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا فَٱرْجِعْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَـٰلِحًا إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ

walaw tarā idhi l-muj'rimūna nākisū ruūsihim ʿinda rabbihim rabbanā abṣarnā wasamiʿ'nā fa-ir'jiʿ'nā naʿmal ṣāliḥan innā mūqinūna

If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain."

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], if only you could see the wrongdoers hang their heads before their Lord: ‘Our Lord, now that we have seen and heard, send us back and we shall do good. [Now] we are convinced.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if you only could see when the Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners) shall hang their heads before their Lord (saying): "Our Lord! We have now seen and heard, so send us back (to the world), that we will do righteous good deeds. Verily! We now believe with certainty."

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

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Word by Word

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
تَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) see
إِذِidhiwhen
ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūnathe criminals
نَاكِسُوا۟nākisū(will) hang
رُءُوسِهِمْruūsihimtheir heads
عِندَʿindabefore
رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
رَبَّنَآrabbanāOur Lord
أَبْصَرْنَاabṣarnāwe have seen
وَسَمِعْنَاwasamiʿ'nāand we have heard
فَٱرْجِعْنَاfa-ir'jiʿ'nāso return us
نَعْمَلْnaʿmalwe will do
صَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
مُوقِنُونَmūqinūna(are now) certain