(58) Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn[1356] so I could be among the doers of good."
[1356]- At worldly life.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
 58. Or (lest) he should say when he sees the torment: "If only I had another chance (to return to the world), then I should indeed be among the Muhsinûn (good-doers - See V.2:112)."
— الترجمة الإنجليزية
أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةٗ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

Or should say while it sees the torment, ‘If (only) I had another (chance of) recurrence (i.e., permission to return to the world) then I would be among the fair-doers.'
— Dr. Ghali - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةٗ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

Or (lest) he should say when he sees the torment: "If only I had another chance (to return to the world) then I should indeed be among the Muhsinun (good-doers - see V. 2:112)."
— Muhsin Khan - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةٗ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

Or should say, when it seeth the doom: Oh, that I had but a second chance that I might be among the righteous!
— Pickthall - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةٗ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

"Or (lest) it should say when it (actually) sees the penalty: 'If only I had another chance, I should certainly be among those who do good!'
— Yusuf Ali - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةٗ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good."
— Sahih International - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةٗ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

(39:58) or lest he should say, when he sees the chastisement: “O that I might
return again, and be among those who do good.”
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةٗ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

Or, faced by punishment, it says, “If only I could have another chance, I would join those who do good!”
— Abdul Haleem - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةٗ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

or, (lest) someone should say when he sees the punishment, “Would that I have a chance to return, so that I may become one of those who are good in their deeds.”
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةٗ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

Or say, upon seeing the torment, ‘If only I had a second chance, I would have been one of the good-doers.’
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation
أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةٗ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

Or say, upon seeing the torment, ‘If only I had a second chance, I would have been one of the good-doers.’
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation
or says, upon seeing the punishment, “If only I had another chance, I could be among those who do good.”
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
58. Or it will say when it will see the punishment, wishing: If only I could return to the world and repent to Allah, and be one of those who do good deeds.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
or lest he should say, when faced by the suffering [that awaits him]: ‘If only I could have a second chance in life, I will be among those who do good’.
— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي