Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 58 (39:58)

ٱلزُّمَر

أَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Quran 39:58 is ayah 58 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 465 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:58
أَوْتَقُولَحِينَتَرَىٱلْعَذَابَلَوْأَنَّلِىكَرَّةًفَأَكُونَمِنَٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ٥٨
aw taqūla ḥīna tarā l-ʿadhāba law anna lī karratan fa-akūna mina l-muḥ'sinīna

Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good."(58)

Word by word

  1. أَوْawOr
  2. تَقُولَtaqūlait should say
  3. حِينَḥīnawhen
  4. تَرَىtarāit sees
  5. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
  6. لَوْlawIf
  7. أَنَّannaonly
  8. لِىlīfor me
  9. كَرَّةًkarratananother chance
  10. فَأَكُونَfa-akūnathen I could be
  11. مِنَminaamong
  12. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

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