Al-Quran Surah 39. Az-Zumar, Ayah 58

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أَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى الْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

or lest he should say, when he becomes aware of the suffering [that awaits him], "Would that I had a second chance [in life], so that I could be among the doers of good!"61

Malik

Or lest he should say upon seeing the punishment: `I wish I had another chance, I would certainly be among the righteous.'"

Mustafa Khattab

Or say, upon seeing the torment, ‘If only I had a second chance, I would have been one of the good-doers.’

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!' 4329

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1 Cf. 2:167 and 26:102, as well as {6:27-28} and the corresponding note [19].

2 In the third place, when we stand face to face with the Penalty of our own deeds, we might say, 'I wish I had another chance'. But not one, but many, chances are being given, especially when we are told (verse 53 above): 'Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful'. The force of 'lest it should say' here is the same as explained in the last note.


1	Cf. 2:167 and 26:102, as well as {6:27-28} and the corresponding note [19].
2	In the third place, when we stand face to face with the Penalty of our own deeds, we might say, 'I wish I had another chance'. But not one, but many, chances are being given, especially when we are told (verse 53 above): 'Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful'. The force of 'lest it should say' here is the same as explained in the last note.


Note - 61 Cf. 2:167 and 26:102, as well as {6:27-28} and the corresponding note [19].
Note - 4329 In the third place, when we stand face to face with the Penalty of our own deeds, we might say, 'I wish I had another chance'. But not one, but many, chances are being given, especially when we are told (verse 53 above): 'Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful'. The force of 'lest it should say' here is the same as explained in the last note.

Note - 61

Cf. 2:167 and 26:102, as well as {6:27-28} and the corresponding note [19].

Note - 4329

In the third place, when we stand face to face with the Penalty of our own deeds, we might say, 'I wish I had another chance'. But not one, but many, chances are being given, especially when we are told (verse 53 above): 'Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful'. The force of 'lest it should say' here is the same as explained in the last note.

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Asad

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Asad 61 Cf. 2:167 and 26:102, as well as {6:27-28} and the corresponding note [19].

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Yusuf Ali 4329 In the third place, when we stand face to face with the Penalty of our own deeds, we might say, 'I wish I had another chance'. But not one, but many, chances are being given, especially when we are told (verse 53 above): 'Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful'. The force of 'lest it should say' here is the same as explained in the last note.

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