Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Fajr, Ayah 24
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(He will say: Ah, would that) wishing: if only (I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!) if only I have worked in my previous perishing life to this everlasting life.
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
He will say as he remembers ‘O yā is for calling attention to something would that I had sent ahead good deeds and faith for my life!’ for a good life in the Hereafter or it means ‘during my life’ in the world.