Al-Furqan Verse 27

And ˹beware of˺ the Day the wrongdoer will bite his nails ˹in regret˺ and say, “Oh! I wish I had followed the Way along with the Messenger!

On that Day, the wrongdoer will bite his hands saying, “Would that I had taken a way with the Messenger!

Upon the day the evildoer shall bite his hands, saying, 'Would that I had taken a way along with the Messenger!

On that Day the evildoer will bite his own hand and say, ‘If only I had taken the same path as the Messenger.

On the Day when the wrong-doer shall gnaw his hands saying: would that had taken with the apostle a way!

The Day that the wrong-doer will bite at his hands, he will say, "Oh! would that I had taken a (straight) path with the Messenger!

The unjust man will bite at his hand and say, "Would that I had stood by the Messenger!

The sinner will then bite his hand and say: "Would that I had taken the road with the Prophet.

And the day when the unjust will gnaw his hands, saying, “Alas, if only I had chosen a way along with the (Noble) Messenger (of Allah)!”

It will be a day when the wrongdoer will bite his hands, saying, ‘I wish I had followed the Apostle’s way!

On that Day the wrongdoer will bite at his hands, saying (with remorse) "Oh, would that I had taken a way in the company of the Messenger.

On that day the unjust shall bite his hands (in regret); he will say, `If only I had followed the (same) path along with the Messenger!

And a day/time the unjust/oppressor bites on his hands, he says: "Oh I wish I would have taken/received with the messenger a way/road ."

And the day when the unjust will gnaw his hands, saying, “Alas, if only I had chosen a way along with the (Noble) Messenger (of Allah)!”

The true kingdom (sovereignty, dominion) on that day shall belong to the Beneficent, and it shall be a hard day for the disbelievers.

And (remember) the Day when the Zalim (wrong-doer, oppressor, polytheist, etc.) will bite at his hands, he will say: "Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger (Muhammad SAW).

The kingdom on that day rightly belongs to the Beneficent, and it will be a hard day for the disbelievers.

And the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands saying: O! would that I had taken a way with the Apostle

On the day when the wrong-doer gnaweth his hands, he will say: Ah, would that I had chosen a way together with the messenger (of Allah)!

It will be a hard day for the unbelievers. It will be a day when the unjust will bite their fingers, (regretfully) saying, "Would that we had followed the path of the Messengers.

Upon that Day the harmdoer shall bite his hands, and say: 'Would that I had taken a Path with the Messenger!

And (remember) the Day when the wrongdoer will bite at his hands, he will say: "Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger."

On that Day, the wrongdoer will bite his hands and say, "Would that I had walked in the Messenger's path!

On that Day, the wrongdoer will bite his hands, and say, “If only I had followed the way with the Messenger.

And [it will be] a day when the wrongdoer, the idolater, `Uqba b. Ab Mu`ayt -- who had uttered the two-part profession [`there is no god but God, Muhammad (s) is His Messenger'] but retracted it in order to please Ubayy b. Khalaf -- will bite his hands, in regret and anguish on the Day of Resurrection, saying, `O (y is for drawing attention) would that I had followed a way with the Messenger!, Muhammad (s), a route to guidance.

And (remember) the Day when the wrongdoer will bite at his hands, he will say;"O! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger."

Here Allah tells us of the regret felt by the wrongdoer who rejected the path of the Messenger and what he brought from Allah of clear truth concerning which there is no doubt, and followed another path. When the Day of Resurrection comes, he will feel regret but his regret will avail him nothing, and he will bite on his hands in sorrow and grief.

Whether this Ayah was revealed concerning Uqbah bin Abi Mu`it or someone else among the doomed, it applies to every wrongdoer, as Allah says;

يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِى النَّارِ

On the Day when their faces will be turned over in the Fire, (33;66)

As mentioned in those two Ayat every wrongdoer will feel the ultimate regret on the Day of Resurrection, and will bite at his hands, saying;

يَا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا

يَا وَيْلَتَى لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا