Surah Al-Haqqa 69:25 — translation and meaning

الحاقة · Verse 25 / 52 · Page 567

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَالَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ

Word by Word

وَأَمَّا
wa-amma
But as for
مَنْ
man
(him) who
أُوتِيَ
utiya
is given
كِتَابَهُ
kitabahu
his record
بِشِمَالِهِ
bishimalihi
in his left hand
فَيَقُولُ
fayaqulu
will say
يَالَيْتَنِي
yalaytani
O! I wish
لَمْ
lam
not
أُوتَ
uta
I had been given
كِتَابِيَهْ
kitabiyah
my record

Transliteration

Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo bishimaalihee fa yaqoolu yaalaitanee lam oota kitaaabiyah

Translation

But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

As for the one who will be given his book of deeds in his left hand, he will say out of extreme regret, “If only I had not been given my book of deeds, because of the evil deeds deserving punishment within it.”

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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