Then shall he say: "O Allah, my Creator, wherefore You thronged me

﴿قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرۡتَنِيٓ أَعۡمَىٰ وَقَدۡ كُنتُ بَصِيرٗا ﴾
[طه: 125]

Then shall he say: "O Allah, my Creator, wherefore You thronged me blind when in life I was able to see and to argue and defend myself

﴿قال رب لم حشرتني أعمى وقد كنت بصيرا﴾ [طه: 125]

Dr Kamal Omar
He said: “My Nourisher-Sustainer! Why have you raised me up blind, while indeed, I had been strong in eyesight

Dr Laleh Bakhtiar
He would say: My Lord! Why hadst Thou assembled me with the unseeing when, surely, I had been seeing

Dr Munir Munshey
He shall say, "Lord, why did You raise me blind? I used to be endowed with eyesight

Edward Henry Palmer
He shall say, 'My Lord! wherefore hast Thou gathered me blind when I used to see

Farook Malik
He will say: "O Lord! Why have you raised me up blind here, while I was clear-sighted before

George Sale
And he shall say, O Lord, why hast thou brought me before thee blind, whereas before I saw clearly

Maududi
where-upon he will say: "Lord! Why have You raised me blind when I had sight in the world