سورة المؤمنون
Surah Al-Mu’minûn 23:114
The Believers · Verse 114 of 118
قَالَ إِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۖ لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(God) will say, `You tarried but a little while, if only you knew (what loss you have incurred by missing doing good).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He will say: "Ye stayed not but a little,- if ye had only known!
Ahmed Ali
He will say: "You stayed there only a moment, if you knew.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Says He: "You stayed but for a short while, if only you had known (how short it was to be and acted accordingly)!
Daryabadi
He will say: ye tarried a little indeed; would that ye had known that:
Faridul Haque
He will say, "You stayed but only a little, if you knew."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He will say: You tarried but a little -- if you only knew!
Maulvi Sher Ali
HE will say, `You tarried but a little, if only you knew !'
Muhammad Asad
[Whereupon] He will say: "You have spent there but a short while: had you but known [how short it was to be]!
Muhammad Musin Khan
He (Allah) will say: "You stayed not but a little, if you had only known!
Muhammad Pickthall
He will say: Ye tarried but a little if ye only knew.
Muhammad Sarwar
God will say, "You have indeed remained there for a short time. Would that you knew it during your life time.
Muhammed ali Shakir
He will say: You did tarry but a little-- had you but known (it):
Rashad Khalifa
He said, "In fact, you stayed but a brief interim, if you only knew.
Shabbir Ahmed
He will say, “You stayed only a little, if you had only realized then!”