Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
On the Day when their faces shall be tossed about in the fire, they will exclaim, “Oh, would that we had paid heed unto God, and paid heed unto the Apostle!”
M. M. Pickthall
On the day when their faces are turned over in the Fire, they say: Oh, would that we had obeyed Allah and had obeyed His messenger
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire, they will say: "Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
On the Day their faces are ˹constantly˺ flipped in the Fire, they will cry, “Oh! If only we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!”
Safi Kaskas
On the Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, and they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed God and obeyed the Messenger."
Wahiduddin Khan
On the Day when their faces are turned over in the Fire, they shall say: Oh, would that we had obeyed God, and obeyed the Messenger
Shakir
On the day when their faces shall be turned back into the fire, they shall say: O would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
On a Day when will be turned upside down, their faces in the fire, they will say: O would that we obeyed God and obeyed the Messenger!
T.B.Irving
on a day when their faces will be twisted by the Fire, they will say: "If we had only obeyed God and obeyed the Messenger!"
Abdul Hye
On the Day when their faces will be turned over in the fire, they will say: “Oh, would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger (Muhammad).
The Study Quran
On the Day when their faces are turned about in the Fire, they will say, “Oh, would that we had obeyed God and obeyed the Messenger!
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
On the Day when their faces are flipped in the Fire, they will cry out, “Oh, how we wish we had obeyed God and the Messenger.”
Talal Itani (2012)
The Day when their faces are flipped into the Fire, they will say, 'If only we had obeyed God and obeyed the Messenger.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
The Day their faces are turned over in the Fire, they will say: “Oh, would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!”
That Day, when their faces will roll about in the fire, they will say: "Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
On the Day when their faces are turned about in the Fire, they will say, "O, would that we had obeyed Allah and had obeyed the Messenger!"
Muhammad Sarwar
On the day when their faces will be turned from side to side on the fire, they will say, "Would that we had obeyed God and the Messenger!"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
The Day their faces will be rolled in the fire, they will say, .Oh, would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!
Shabbir Ahmed
On the Day when their faces shall be tossed about in the Fire, they will say, "Oh, We wish we had obeyed Allah, and obeyed the Messenger."
Dr. Munir Munshey
That day, their faces will be roasted on (an open) fire; they will say, "Alas, if only we had obeyed Allah, and had obeyed His messenger
Syed Vickar Ahamed
The Day when their faces will be turned over in the Fire, they will say: "Sorrow upon us! If only we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger (Muhammad)!"
The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
On the Day when their faces will be turned over in the Fire, they will Say: "Oh, we wish we had obeyed God, and obeyed the messenger"
Abdel Haleem
On the Day when their faces are being turned about in the Fire, they will say, ‘If only we had obeyed God and the Messenger,’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
On the Day whereon their faces shall be rolled in the Fire, they will say: Oh that we had obeyed Allah and had obeyed the apostle
Ahmed Ali
The day their faces would be turned on the fire (as on a spit), they will say: "Alas! If only we had obeyed God, and obeyed the Prophet."
Aisha Bewley
They will say on the Day their faces are rolled over in the Fire, ´If only we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!´
Ali Ünal
On the Day when their faces are turned over and over in the Fire, they will exclaim, "Oh, woe to us! Would that we had obeyed God and obeyed the Messenger!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
The day when their faces are turned about in the Fire, they will say, ‘We wish we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Apostle!’
Hamid S. Aziz
On the day when their faces shall be turned back into the fire, they shall say, "O would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
On the day when their faces are turned over in the fire, they say: “We wish we had obeyed God and obeyed the messenger.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
The day that their faces will be turned upside down in the fire they will say, “Woe to us, we wish that we had obeyed God and obeyed the messenger.
Musharraf Hussain
On the Day that their faces will be distorted in the Fire, they will say, “If Only we had obeyed Allah and the Messenger.”
Maududi
On that Day when their faces shall be turned around in the Fire, they will say: "Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
On the Day when their faces will be turned over in the Fire, they will say: "Oh, we wish we had obeyed God, and obeyed the messenger"
Mohammad Shafi
That day when their faces are turned about in the Fire, they will say, "Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
The day when their faces turning up and down will be fried in the Fire, they will say, 'Oh, would that we have obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger.
The day they are thrown into Hell, they will say, "Oh, we wish we obeyed GOD, and obeyed the messenger."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
On that Day when their faces are turned about in the Fire, they shall say: 'Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
On the day when their leaders are turned back into the Fire, they say: O would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
A day/time their faces/fronts will be turned over in the fire , they say: "Oh if only we obeyed God and we obeyed the messenger/two messengers ?"
Bijan Moeinian
When they face the fire, they will say: “We wish that we had followed God and His Prophet.”
Faridul Haque
On the day when their faces will be overturned being roasted inside the fire, they will say, “Alas – if only we had obeyed Allah and obeyed His Noble Messenger!”
Sher Ali
On the day when their faces are turned over into the fire they will say, `O, would that we had obeyed ALLAH and obeyed the Messenger !
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
On the Day when their faces will be (repeatedly) turned over in the Fire of Hell, they will say: ‘Alas! Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Holy Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him)!
Amatul Rahman Omar
The day when their leaders are turned over and over into the Fire, they will say, `O would that we had obeyed Allah! would that we had obeyed the Messenger!
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
On the Day when their faces will be turned over in the Fire, they will say: "Oh, would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger (Muhammad SAW)."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
The day their faces will be turned around in the fire, they will say, “If only we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the messenger.”
Munir Mezyed
On the day when their faces are turned about in the Fire they shall say: "Oh, if only we had yielded to (the command of) Allâh and yielded to (what He revealed to) the Messenger."
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
On the day their faces will be flung into the fire they will say: woe to us, we should have obeyed Allah and obeyed the messenger.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
[On that] day, their faces will be turned upside down in the fire. They will say, “Oh, we wish we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the messenger.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
On the day when their faces are flipped in the Fire, they say, “If only we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
on a day when their faces will be twisted by the Fire, they will say: "If we had only obeyed Allah (God) and obeyed the Messenger!"
Samy Mahdy
On a day when their faces are overturned in the Fire, they say, “Oh, would that we had obeyed Allah and had obeyed His messenger!
Sayyid Qutb
On the day when their faces shall be tossed about in the fire, they will say: 'Would that we had obeyed God and obeyed His Messenger.'
Ahmed Hulusi
At the time when their faces (consciousness) are turned into fire (burning in remorse) they will say, “Woe to us! If only we had obeyed Allah; if only we had obeyed the Rasul.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
On the Day when their faces are turned over in the Fire, they say: 'Oh! Would that we had obeyed Allah and had obeyed the Messenger!
This is a Day when their faces shall be rolled in the Fire and they shall wish they had obeyed Allah and obeyed His Messenger
Mir Aneesuddin
The day their faces will be turned in the fire, they will say, “O would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the messenger.”
The Wise Quran
The day their faces will be turned about in the fire they shall say, 'O, would that we had obeyed God and obeyed the messenger.'