لَيْت
O I wish
হায় আমার আফসোস
Appears 14 times in the Qur'an#663 most frequentParticle (ḥarf)
Learn it in lesson 67About this word
Particle (ḥarf)
Forms in the Qur'an
- يَـٰلَيْتَنِىOh! I wishyālaytanī · 7 times7 times
- يَـٰلَيْتَO! Would thatyālayta · 3 times3 times
- يَـٰلَيْتَنَاOh! Would that weyālaytanā · 1 times1 times
- لَيْتَنِىI wishlaytanī · 1 times1 times
- يَـٰلَيْتَنَآO we wishyālaytanā · 1 times1 times
- يَـٰلَيْتَهَاO! I wish ityālaytahā · 1 times1 times
Examples from the Qur'an
I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.