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Az-Zukhruf 38

Ayah 38 of 89 · Meccan

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيۡتَ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكَ بُعۡدَ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡقَرِينُ ٣٨

Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "How I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west; and what a wretched companion."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. حَتَّىٰٓUntilḥattā
  2. إِذَاwhenidhā
  3. جَآءَنَاhe comes to Usjāanā
  4. قَالَhe saysqāla
  5. يَٰلَيۡتَO would thatyālayta
  6. بَيۡنِيbetween mebaynī
  7. وَبَيۡنَكَand between youwabaynaka
  8. بُعۡدَ(were the) distancebuʿ'da
  9. ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ(of) the East and the Westl-mashriqayni
  10. فَبِئۡسَHow wretched isfabi'sa
  11. ٱلۡقَرِينُthe companionl-qarīnu

Tafsir

Until when the one who turns away from the remembrance of Allah will come to Him on the Day of Judgement, he will longingly say, “O companion! If only there had been the distance of the east and west between you and I! You were such a disgraceful companion!”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran