ٱلزُّخْرُف : ٣٨

  • حَتَّىٰٓ Until
  • إِذَا when
  • جَآءَنَا he comes to Us
  • قَالَ he says
  • يَٰلَيۡتَ O would that
  • بَيۡنِي between me
  • وَبَيۡنَكَ and between you
  • بُعۡدَ (were the) distance
  • ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ (of) the East and the West
  • فَبِئۡسَ How wretched is
  • ٱلۡقَرِينُ the companion!
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."
until when he comes to Us, such a blind one, together with his companion, on the Day of Resurrection, he says, to him: 'O (yaa is for calling attention) would that there were between me and you the distance of the two easts!', that is to say, like the distance between the east and the west, What an evil companion then!, you are for me. God, exalted be He, says: