Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[Whereupon] He will say: “You have spent there but a short while: had you but known [how short it was to be]
Arthur John Arberry
He shall say, 'You have tarried but a little, did you know
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He will say: "Ye stayed not but a little,- if ye had only known
Arabic
قَـٰلَ إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلَّا قَلِیلࣰاۖ لَّوۡ أَنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ١١٤
Transliteration (2021)
qāla in labith'tum illā qalīlan law annakum kuntum taʿlamūn