(57) Or [lest] it say, "If only Allāh had guided me, I would have been among the righteous."
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
57. Or (lest) he should say: "If only Allâh had guided me, I should indeed have been among the Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2)."
— الترجمة الإنجليزية
أَوۡ تَقُولَ لَوۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

Or should say, ‘If (only) Allah had guided me, indeed I would have been among the pious.'
— Dr. Ghali - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ لَوۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

Or (lest) he should say: "If only Allah had guided me, I should indeed have been among the Muttaqun (pious and righteous persons - see V. 2:2)."
— Muhsin Khan - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ لَوۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

Or should say: If Allah had but guided me I should have been among the dutiful!
— Pickthall - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ لَوۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

"Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should certainly have been among the righteous!'-
— Yusuf Ali - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ لَوۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

Or [lest] it say, "If only Allah had guided me, I would have been among the righteous."
— Sahih International - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ لَوۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

(39:57) and lest a person should say: “If only Allah had guided me, I should
have been one of the God-fearing”;
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ لَوۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

Or it says, “If God had guided me, I would have joined the righteous!”
— Abdul Haleem - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ لَوۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

or, (lest) someone should say, “If Allah were to show me the way, I would have surely been among those who fear Allah”,
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ لَوۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

Or ˹a soul will˺ say, ‘If only Allah had guided me, I would have certainly been one of the righteous.’
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ لَوۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ

Or ˹a soul will˺ say, ‘If only Allah had guided me, I would have certainly been one of the righteous.’
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation
or says, “If only Allah had guided me, I would have been among the righteous”;
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
57. Or it will attempt to justify itself through the argument of fate and say: If Allah had guided me I would have been one of those who are mindful of him, by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
or lest he should say: ‘If God had but guided me, I would surely have been among the God-fearing’;
— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي