Surah Al-Fajr (الفجر) • The Dawn

Quran 89:24

89:24

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

yaqūlu yālaytanī qaddamtu liḥayātī

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

— Saheeh International

He will say, ‘Would that I had provided for this life to come!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"

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

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يَقُولُyaqūluHe will say
يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO I wish
قَدَّمْتُqaddamtuI had sent forth
لِحَيَاتِىliḥayātīfor my life