Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:58

39:58

أَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

aw taqūla ḥīna tarā l-ʿadhāba law anna lī karratan fa-akūna mina l-muḥ'sinīna

Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good."

— Saheeh International

Or, faced by punishment, it says, “If only I could have another chance, I would join those who do good!”

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or (lest) he should say when he sees the torment: "If only I had another chance (to return to the world), then I should indeed be among the Muhsinûn (good-doers - See V.2:112)."

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

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Word by Word

أَوْawOr
تَقُولَtaqūlait should say
حِينَḥīnawhen
تَرَىtarāit sees
ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
لَوْlawIf
أَنَّannaonly
لِىlīfor me
كَرَّةًۭkarratananother chance
فَأَكُونَfa-akūnathen I could be
مِنَminaamong
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers