Al-Haaqqa 69:27
The Reality · ayah 27 of 52
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiya
"I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one."
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"How I wish death had been the end of me."
Pickthall (classic)+
"Oh, would that it had been death!"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
""Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!"