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قَالَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي بِكُمۡ قُوَّةً أَوۡ ءَاوِيٓ إِلَىٰ رُكۡنٖ شَدِيدٖ
Qaala law anna lee bikum quwwatan aw aaweee ilaa ruknin shadeed
He said: "Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support."
— Hud (هُود), 11:80
قَالَ لَوۡ أَنَّ لِي بِكُمۡ قُوَّةً أَوۡ ءَاوِيٓ إِلَىٰ رُكۡنٖ شَدِيدٖTransliteration: Qaala law anna lee bikum quwwatan aw aaweee ilaa ruknin shadeed
Translation (Yusuf Ali): He said: "Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support."
This is verse 80 of Surah Hud (هُود, meaning "Hud"), the 11th surah of the Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 123 total verses.