Quran 43:38 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When such a person comes to Us, he will say [to his comrade], ‘If only you had been as far away from me as east is from west. What an evil comrade!’
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَنَا قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِينُ
ḥattā idhā jāanā qāla yālayta baynī wabaynaka buʿ'da l-mashriqayni fabi'sa l-qarīnu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- till, when he comes to Us, he says, 'Would there had been between me and thee the distance of the two Easts!' An evil comrade!
- Muhammad Asad
- But in the end, when he [who has thus sinned] appears before us [on Judgment Day], he will say [to his other self], “Would that between me and thee there had been the distance of east and west!” for, evil indeed [has proved] that other self!
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | Until | — |
| 2 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 3 | جَآءَنَاjāanā | he comes to Us | جيأ |
| 4 | قَالَqāla | he says | قول |
| 5 | يَـٰلَيْتَyālayta | O would that | — |
| 6 | بَيْنِىbaynī | between me | بين |
| 7 | وَبَيْنَكَwabaynaka | and between you | بين |
| 8 | بُعْدَbuʿ'da | (were the) distance | بعد |
| 9 | ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِl-mashriqayni | (of) the East and the West | شرق |
| 10 | فَبِئْسَfabi'sa | How wretched is | بأس |
| 11 | ٱلْقَرِينُl-qarīnu | the companion | قرن |