Al-Ma'aarij 70:11
The Ascending Stairways · ayah 11 of 44
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu lawyaftadee min AAathabi yawmi-ithin bibaneeh
"They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"even when they are within sight of one another. The guilty person will wish he could save himself from the suffering of that Day by sacrificing his sons,"
Pickthall (classic)+
"Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Though they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner's desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children,"