And when a breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they say, “Woe to us, we were truly wicked.”
Al-Anbiya 21:46
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وَلَئِنْ مَسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
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And when a breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they say, “Woe to us, we were truly wicked.”
Even if just a tiny bit of your Lord's punishment touches them, they'll cry out, "Oh no! We were wrong!"
Even if just a breath of your Lord's punishment touched them, they'd cry out, "How terrible for us! We were truly wrong!"
If even a whiff of your Lord’s punishment touched them, they would surely say, “Woe to us! We were truly wrongdoers!”
And when a breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they say, “Woe to us, we were wrongdoers.”
And when a breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they say, “Woe to us, we were wrongdoers.”
And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."
And if a breath (minor calamity) of the Torment of your Lord touches them, they will surely cry: "Woe unto us! Indeed we have been Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
If a mere breath of your Lord’s torment were to touch them, they would surely say, “Woe to us! We were indeed wrongdoers.”
If but a breath of the Wrath of thy Lord do touch them, they will then say, "Woe to us! we did wrong indeed!"
And if a breath of thy Lord's punishment were to touch them, they assuredly would say: Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong-doers.
yet if even a breath of your Lord's punishment touched them, they would say, "Woe to us! We were indeed wrongdoers."
Were only the slightest whiff from your Lord's punishment to touch them, they would cry out: "Woe to us; we were indeed wrong-doers."
Should a whiff of your Lord’s punishment touch them, they will surely say, ‘Woe to us! We have indeed been wrongdoers!’
Walain massathum nafhatun min AAathabi rabbika layaqoolunna ya waylana inna kunna thalimeena