Tafseer of The Criterion · Al-Furqaan · 25:27
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.
Important: The Arabic source text is always authoritative. This translation is a study aid and has not been verified by scholars — do not use it as a basis for religious proof or for deriving rulings (ahkam). When in doubt, always consult the Arabic text and a qualified scholar.
Allah, exalted is His mention, says: On the day when the wrongdoing polytheist bites his hands out of remorse and grief over what he neglected concerning the Right of Allah, and over having ruined his soul through disbelief in Him — in obedience to his friend who had turned him away from the path of his Lord — he says: "Would that I had taken a way together with the Messenger in the worldly life" — that is to say: a way to deliverance from the punishment of Allah.
