The Holy Quran 39:57 — Surah Az-Zumar

Arabic text

أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Translation

Or (turn to Allaah and accept Islaam to avoid the situation after death when) it (a soul) says, "If only Allaah had guided me, I would have certainly been from among those with Taqwa (the Mu'mineen)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

When regret and sorrow are of no avail, then, to console himself, he will put forward this lame excuse: what can I say — Allah did not guide me; had He wished to guide me, I too would today have reached the rank of the people of taqwa (mindfulness of Allah). The answer to this comes further on: بَلٰى قَدْ جَاۗءَتْكَ اٰيٰتِيْ (“Indeed, My signs came to you…”)

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