Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
He will say, "Oh, would that I had. provided beforehand for my life [to come]!"
Arthur John Arberry
He shall say, 'O would that I had forwarded for my life!
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
Arabic
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
Arabic
يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى