The Holy Quran 78:40 — Surah An-Naba

Arabic text

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَـٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْكَافِرُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى كُنتُ تُرَٰبًۢا

Translation

We have certainly warned you of a near (imminent) punishment; (which will take place on) the day when a man will see what his hands sent ahead (forwarded) and the Kaafir will say, "Oh dear! If only I had been dust (and did not have to face this day) !"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, all deeds, good and bad, earlier and later, will be before him. The disbeliever will say, “Would that I were dust”: that is, would that I had remained dust and not become a human being, for it was by becoming a human being that I had to fall into the misfortune of this reckoning and account.

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