Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Oh, woe is me! Would that I had not taken so-and-so for a friend
Arthur John Arberry
Alas, would that I had not taken So-and-so for a friend
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"Ah! woe is me! Would that I had never taken such a one for a friend
Arabic
یَـٰوَیۡلَتَىٰ لَیۡتَنِی لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِیلࣰا ٢٨
Transliteration (2021)
yāwaylatā laytanī lam attakhidh fulānan khalīla