Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayah 38
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ
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."
Az-Zukhruf · 43:38
Word by word
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- جَآءَنَاjāanāhe comes to Us
- قَالَqālahe says
- يَـٰلَيْتَyālaytaO would that
- بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
- وَبَيْنَكَwabaynakaand between you
- بُعْدَbuʿ'da(were the) distance
- ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِl-mashriqayni(of) the East and the West
- فَبِئْسَfabi'saHow wretched is
- ٱلْقَرِينُl-qarīnuthe companion
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