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وَلَىِٕنْ اَصَابَكُمْ فَضْلٌ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ لَيَقُوْلَنَّ كَاَنْ لَّمْ تَكُنْۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهٗ مَوَدَّةٌ يّٰلَيْتَنِيْ كُنْتُ مَعَهُمْ فَاَفُوْزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيْمًا   ( النساء: ٧٣ )

wala-in
وَلَئِنْ
And if
aṣābakum
أَصَٰبَكُمْ
befalls you
faḍlun
فَضْلٌ
bounty
mina
مِّنَ
from
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
layaqūlanna
لَيَقُولَنَّ
he would surely say
ka-an
كَأَن
as if
lam
لَّمْ
(had) not
takun
تَكُنۢ
there been
baynakum
بَيْنَكُمْ
between you
wabaynahu
وَبَيْنَهُۥ
and between him
mawaddatun
مَوَدَّةٌ
any affection
yālaytanī
يَٰلَيْتَنِى
"Oh! I wish
kuntu
كُنتُ
I had been
maʿahum
مَعَهُمْ
with them
fa-afūza
فَأَفُوزَ
then I would have attained
fawzan
فَوْزًا
a success
ʿaẓīman
عَظِيمًا
great"

Wa la'in asaabakum fadlum minal laahi la yaqoolanna ka al lam takum bainakum wa bainahoo mawaddatuny yaa laitanee kuntu ma'ahum fa afooza fawzan 'azeemaa (an-Nisāʾ 4:73)

Sahih International:

But if bounty comes to you from Allah, he will surely say, as if [i.e., showing that] there had never been between you and him any affection, "Oh, I wish I had been with them so I could have attained a great attainment." (An-Nisa [4] : 73)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

And if some bounty comes to you from Allah, he will certainly say,-as if there was no friendship between you and him- “Oh, would that I had been with them; then I would have secured a handsome gain.”