Surah An-Naba (النبإ) • The Tidings

Quran 78:40

78:40

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا

innā andharnākum ʿadhāban qarīban yawma yanẓuru l-maru mā qaddamat yadāhu wayaqūlu l-kāfiru yālaytanī kuntu turāban

Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

— Saheeh International

We have warned you of imminent torment, on the Day when every person will see what their own hands have sent ahead for them, when the disbeliever will say, ‘If only I were dust!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, We have warned you of a near torment - the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"

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

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Word by Word

إِنَّآinnāIndeed We
أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْandharnākum[We] have warned you
عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban(of) a punishment
قَرِيبًۭاqarībannear
يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
يَنظُرُyanẓuruwill see
ٱلْمَرْءُl-maruthe man
مَاmāwhat
قَدَّمَتْqaddamathave sent forth
يَدَاهُyadāhuhis hands
وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand will say
ٱلْكَافِرُl-kāfiruthe disbeliever
يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO I wish
كُنتُkuntuI were
تُرَٰبًۢاturābandust