سورة الحِجر
Surah Al-Hijr 15:2
The Rock · Verse 2 of 99
رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Often those who disbelieve (in the verses of this perfect Book) would wish they had been Muslims.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.
Ahmed Ali
The unbelievers would haply like to wish that they had submitted (and become Muslim).
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Again and again will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims.
Daryabadi
Oft times would those who disbelieve fain that they had been Muslims.
Faridul Haque
The disbelievers will ardently wish that if only they had been Muslims! ( At the time of death / in their graves / on the Day of Resurrection.)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Often will those who disbelieve wish that they were Muslims.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Often do the disbelievers wish they Muslims.
Muhammad Asad
And it will come to pass that those who are [now] bent on denying this truth will wish that they had surrendered themselves to God [in their lifetime].
Muhammad Musin Khan
Perhaps (often) will those who disbelieve wish that they were Muslims [those who have submitted themselves to Allah's Will in Islam Islamic Monotheism, this will be on the Day of Resurrection when they will see the disbelievers going to Hell and the Muslims going to Paradise].
Muhammad Pickthall
It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims.
Muhammad Sarwar
How strongly the unbelievers will wish that they had been Muslims.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims.
Rashad Khalifa
Certainly, those who disbelieved will wish they were submitters.
Shabbir Ahmed
The time is coming when the rejecters of the truth will ardently wish that they were Muslims.
Commentary 15:2 The desire of the disbelievers that they be Muslims is not to be understood as a wish to be fulfiled after their deaths. There is no record that…
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ
15:2 The desire of the disbelievers that they be Muslims is not to be understood as a wish to be fulfiled after their deaths. There is no record that disbelievers expressed such a desire in the time of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) or afterwards. This verse is to be read in connection with the prophetic statement made in the verse above. The disbelievers compare their own holy books with the Holy Qur’ân, which they reject, but inwardly feel ashamed that their own books lack the Qur’âns dignity, nobility and power of argument.