Surah Az-Zukhruf: Verse 38 - حتى إذا جاءنا قال يا... - English

Tafsir of Verse 38, Surah Az-Zukhruf

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ

English Translation

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

English Transliteration

Hatta itha jaana qala ya layta baynee wabaynaka buAAda almashriqayni fabisa alqareenu

Tafsir of Verse 38

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!

At length, when (such a one) comes to Us, he says (to his evil companion): "Would that between me and thee were the distance of East and West!" Ah! evil is the companion (indeed)!
Verse 38 - Surah Az-Zukhruf: (حتى إذا جاءنا قال يا ليت بيني وبينك بعد المشرقين فبئس القرين...) - English