Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
But as for him whose record shall be placed in his left hand, he will exclaim: "Oh, would that I had never been shown this my record
Arthur John Arberry
But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he shall say, 'Would that I had not been given my boo
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me
Arabic
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ٢٥
Transliteration (2021)
wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiya