Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 58th verse of chapter 39 (sūrat l-zumar). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (39) sūrat l-zumar (The Groups)

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

Pickthall: Or should say, when it seeth the doom: Oh, that I had but a second chance that I might be among the righteous!

Yusuf Ali: "Or (lest) it should say when it (actually) sees the penalty: 'If only I had another chance, I should certainly be among those who do good!'

Shakir: Or it should say when it sees the punishment: Were there only a returning for me, I should be of the doers of good.

Muhammad Sarwar: Or, on seeing the torment, it would say, "Would I have the opportunity, this time I would certainly become a pious person".

Mohsin Khan: 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 Muhsinun (good-doers - see V.2:112)."

Arberry: it should say, when it sees the chastisement, 'O that I might return again, and be among the good-doers.'

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See Also

• Verse (39:58) Morphology - description of each Arabic word