The Criterion
25. Al-Furqān
الفرقان

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25:28

يَا وَيْلَتَى

لَيْتَنِي

لَمْ

أَتَّخِذْ

فُلَانًا

خَلِيلًا

yā-waylatā laytanī lam ʾattakhidh fulānan khalīlan

Woe to me! I wish I had not taken so and so as a friend!

Ali Quli Qarai

"Ah! woe is me! Would that I had never taken such a one for a friend!

Abdullah Yusufali