Sura 78 An-Naba' (The Announcement), ayah 40

  1. إِنَّا أَنْذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنْظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَابًا

    Translation by words

    إِنَّآ
    Indeed We
    أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ
    [We] have warned you
    عَذَابًا
    (of) a punishment
    قَرِيبًا
    near
    يَوْمَ
    (the) Day
    يَنظُرُ
    will see
    ٱلْمَرْءُ
    the man
    مَا
    what
    قَدَّمَتْ
    have sent forth
    يَدَاهُ
    his hands
    وَيَقُولُ
    and will say
    ٱلْكَافِرُ
    the disbeliever,
    يَٰلَيْتَنِى
    "O I wish!
    كُنتُ
    I were
    تُرَٰبًۢا
    dust!"

    Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

    78:40

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 78 An-Naba' (The Announcement)