Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Exclaimed [Lot]: "Would that I had the strength to defeat you, or that I could lean upon some mightier support!"
Arthur John Arberry
He said, 'O would that I had power against you, or might take refuge in a strong pillar!
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He said: "Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support."
Arabic
قَالَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِی بِكُمۡ قُوَّةً أَوۡ ءَاوِیۤ إِلَىٰ رُكۡنࣲ شَدِیدࣲ ٨٠
Transliteration (2021)
qāla law anna lī bikum quwwatan aw āwī ilā ruk'nin shadīdi