← Surah 25

25:28

يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا

Word by word

يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰ
O woe to me
Preposition
لَيْتَنِى
I wish
Preposition
لَمْ
not
Preposition
أَتَّخِذْ
I had taken
Verb
Root: أخذ
فُلَانًا
that one
Noun
Root: فلن
خَلِيلًا
(as) a friend
Noun
Root: خلل

Translation

"Ah! woe is me! Would that I had never taken such a one for a friend!

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

"Eyvah!" diyecek, "keşke falancayı dost edinmeseydim.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

“Ah, yazık bana! Keşke falancayı dost edinmeseydim!

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

Alas for me! Ah, would that I had never taken such an one for friend!

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain