The Quran

سورة الفُرقان

Surah Al-Furqân 25:28

The Standard of Truth and Falsehood · Verse 28 of 77

يَا وَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

`Ah, woe is me! would that I had not made friends with so and so.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Ah! woe is me! Would that I had never taken such a one for a friend!

Ahmed Ali

Woe alas, ah would I had not taken so-and-so as friend!

12 more translations

Ali Unal

"Oh, woe is me! Would that I had not taken so-and-so for a friend!

Daryabadi

Ah! woe unto me! wouldthat had never taken such a one for a friend!

Faridul Haque

“Woe to me – alas, if only I had not taken that one for a friend.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

O woe is me! would that I had not taken such a one for a friend!

Maulvi Sher Ali

`O, woe is me ! would that I had never taken such a one for a friend !

Muhammad Asad

Oh, woe is me! Would that I had not taken so-and-so for a friend!

Muhammad Musin Khan

Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as a friend!

Muhammad Pickthall

Alas for me! Ah, would that I had never taken such an one for friend!

Muhammad Sarwar

Woe to us! Would that we had not been friends with so and so.

Muhammed ali Shakir

O woe is me! would that I had not taken such a one for a friend !

Rashad Khalifa

Alas, woe to me, I wish I did not take that person as a friend.

Shabbir Ahmed

“Oh, woe to me, I wish I hadn’t taken so and so for a friend!"