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وَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِشِمَالِهٖ ەۙ فَيَقُوْلُ يٰلَيْتَنِيْ لَمْ اُوْتَ كِتٰبِيَهْۚ  ( الحاقة: ٢٥ )

wa-ammā
وَأَمَّا
But as for
man
مَنْ
(him) who
ūtiya
أُوتِىَ
is given
kitābahu
كِتَٰبَهُۥ
his record
bishimālihi
بِشِمَالِهِۦ
in his left hand
fayaqūlu
فَيَقُولُ
will say
yālaytanī
يَٰلَيْتَنِى
"O! I wish
lam
لَمْ
not
ūta
أُوتَ
I had been given
kitābiyah
كِتَٰبِيَهْ
my record

Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo bishimaalihee fa yaqoolu yaalaitanee lam oota kitaaabiyah (al-Ḥāq̈q̈ah 69:25)

Sahih International:

But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record (Al-Haqqah [69] : 25)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

As for him who will be given his book in his left hand, he will say, “ Oh, would that I had not been given my book,