On the Day when the Hour takes place, the sinners will swear they had stayed but an hour. Thus they were deluded.
Ar-Rum 30:55
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وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُوا غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كَانُوا يُؤْفَكُونَ
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On the Day when the Hour takes place, the sinners will swear they had stayed but an hour. Thus they were deluded.
On the Day when the Hour comes, those who did wrong will promise they stayed only a short while. That's how they used to fool themselves.
On the Day when the Hour comes, those who did wrong will swear they stayed in this world no longer than an hour — that's how they were always fooled.
On the Day the Hour arrives, the criminals will swear they remained no more than an hour. That is how they were deluded.
On the Day when the Hour takes place, the guilty will swear they had stayed for only an hour. Thus they were deluded.
On the Day when the Hour takes place, the guilty will swear they had stayed for only an hour. Thus they were deluded.
And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.
And on the Day that the Hour will be established, the Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners) will swear that they stayed not but an hour - thus were they ever deluded [away from the truth (i.e. they used to tell lies and take false oaths, and turn away from the truth) in this life of the world)]
On the Day when the Hour begins, the wicked will swear that they had not stayed [in this world] more than an hour. This is how they were deluded [from the truth].
On the Day that the Hour (of Reckoning) will be established, the transgressors will swear that they tarried not but an hour: thus were they used to being deluded!
And on the day when the Hour riseth the guilty will vow that they did tarry but an hour - thus were they ever deceived.
On the Day the Last Hour arrives, the evil-doers will swear they have not even tarried for an hour, they have always been deluded,
On that Day when the Hour will come to pass the wicked shall swear that they had stayed (in the world) no more than an hour. Thus they used to be deceived in the life of the world.
On the day when the Hour sets in, the guilty will swear that they had remained only for an hour. That is how they were used to lying [in the world].
Wayawma taqoomu alssaAAatu yuqsimu almujrimoona ma labithoo ghayra saAAatin kathalika kanoo yufakoona