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Accusative particle
لَيْت
English TranslationO I wish
Frequency14
Surah Al-Fajr (89:24) Quran.com
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life." (Sahih International)
Surah An Naba (78:40) Quran.com
وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ تُرَابًا 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!" (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Haaqqa (69:27) Quran.com
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ I wish my death had been the decisive one. (Sahih International)
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43:38) Quran.com
قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِينُ Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion." (Sahih International)
Surah Yasin (36:26) Quran.com
قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ قَوْمِي يَعْلَمُونَ It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Ahzab (33:66) Quran.com
يَقُولُونَ يَا لَيْتَنَا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولَا 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." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Furqan (25:28) Quran.com
يَا وَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Furqan (25:27) Quran.com
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Kahf (18:42) Quran.com
وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone." (Sahih International)
Surah An-Nisa (4:73) Quran.com
يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا But if bounty comes to you from Allah, he will surely say, as if there had never been between you and him any affection. "Oh, I wish I had been with them so I could have attained a great attainment." (Sahih International)
Surah Maryam (19:23) Quran.com
قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Anam (6:27) Quran.com
فَقَالُوا يَا لَيْتَنَا نُرَدُّ وَلَا نُكَذِّبَ بِآيَاتِ رَبِّنَا If you could but see when they are made to stand before the Fire and will say, "Oh, would that we could be returned [to life on earth] and not deny the signs of our Lord and be among the believers." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Haaqqa (69:25) Quran.com
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Qasas (28:79) Quran.com
This is the end of the list. لَيْت was only mentioned 14 times in the Quran. يَا لَيْتَ لَنَا مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ قَارُونُ إِنَّهُ لَذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ So he came out before his people in his adornment. Those who desired the worldly life said, "Oh, would that we had like what was given to Qarun. Indeed, he is one of great fortune." (Sahih International)