Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Haqqah Verse 27
Al-Haqqah [69]: 27 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer
يٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَۚ (الحاقة : ٦٩)
- yālaytahā
- يَٰلَيْتَهَا
- O! I wish it
- kānati
- كَانَتِ
- had been
- l-qāḍiyata
- ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
- the end
Transliteration:
Yaa laitahaa kaanatil qaadiyah(QS. al-Ḥāq̈q̈ah:27)
English / Sahih Translation:
I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one. (QS. Al-Haqqah, ayah 27)
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Oh, would that it (death) had been the end of the matter!
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
I wish death was the end!
Ruwwad Translation Center
Would that it [death] had been the end of me!
A. J. Arberry
Would it had been the end!
Abdul Haleem
How I wish death had been the end of me.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Oh, would that it had been the ending!
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
Abul Ala Maududi
Oh! Would that the death that came to me in the world had made an end of me!
Ahmed Ali
I wish death had put an end to me.
Ahmed Raza Khan
“Alas, if only it had been just death.”
Ali Quli Qarai
I wish death had been the end of it all!
Ali Ünal
"Oh, would that death had been (and nothing thereafter had followed).
Amatul Rahman Omar
`Would that it (- the death) had made an end of me!
English Literal
Oh,. if only it was the end/death.
Faridul Haque
“Alas, if only it had been just death.”
Hamid S. Aziz
"O would that it (death) had made an end of me:
Hilali & Khan
"I wish, would that it had been my end (death)!
Maulana Mohammad Ali
My authority has gone from me.
Mohammad Habib Shakir
O would that it had made an end (of me):
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Oh, would that it had been death!
Muhammad Sarwar
Would that death had taken us away for good.
Qaribullah & Darwish
Would that it (my death) had ended it all!
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
"Would that it had been my end!"
Wahiduddin Khan
How I wish my death had ended all.
Talal Itani
If only it was the end.
Tafsir jalalayn
O would that it, namely, death in [the life of] this world, had been the [final] end, that had terminated my life, so that I am not resurrected.
Tafseer Ibn Kathir
But as for him who will be given his Record in his left hand, (He) will say;
"I wish that I had not been given my Record! And that I had never known how my account is!
Would that it had been my end!..."
Ad-Dahhak said,
"Meaning a death which is not followed by any life."
Likewise said Muhammad bin Ka`b, Ar-Rabi` and As-Suddi.
Qatadah said,
"He will hope for death even though in the worldly life it was the most hated thing to him."
مَا أَغْنَى عَنِّي مَالِيهْ