The Troops, Throngs, The Companies 39:58

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Arabic English Morphology
Or Prep
تَقُولَ taqūla
it should say V
حِينَ ḥīna
when Noun
تَرَى tarā
it sees V
ٱلْعَذَابَ l-ʿadhāba
the punishment Noun
لَوْ law
If Prep
أَنَّ anna
only Prep
لِى
for me Noun
كَرَّةً karratan
another chance Noun
فَأَكُونَ fa-akūna
then I could be V
مِنَ mina
among Prep
the good-doers Noun

Or, faced by punishment, it says, “If only I could have another chance, I would join those who do good!”

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

أَوۡ تَقُولَ حِینَ تَرَى ٱلۡعَذَابَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِی كَرَّةࣰ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ۝٥٨

aw taqūla ḥīna tarā l-ʿadhāba law anna lī karratan fa-akūna mina l-muḥ'sinīn