Tafseer of The Reality · Al-Haaqqa · 69:25
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
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The statement concerning the explanation of His saying, exalted is He: وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ ("But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he will say: O woe to me, would that I had not been given my book!") (25).
He, exalted is His mention, says: And as for him who, on that Day, is given the book of his deeds in his left hand, he will say: O woe to me, would that I had not been given my book,