سورة الزّخرُف
Surah Al-Zukhruf 43:38
The Ornaments · Verse 38 of 89
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَنَا قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِينُ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Till when such a person comes before Us (on the Day of Judgment) he will say (to his respective satan), `Would that there had been the distance of the east and the west between you and me. What an evil companion is he !
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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)!
Ahmed Ali
Until when he comes before Us he will say (to the devil): "Would to God there was a distance of the East and West between you and me, for you were an evil companion!"
12 more translations
Ali Unal
But in the end, when such a one comes to Us (on Judgment Day), he says (to his comrade): "Ah, would that between me and you were the distance of the two easts. How evil a comrade!"
Daryabadi
Until when he cometh Unto Us, he will say. Ah! would that there had been between me and thee, the distance of the east and the west an evil companion
Faridul Haque
To the extent that when the disbeliever will be brought to Us, he will say to his devil, “Alas - if only there was the distance* of east and west, between you and me!” - so what an evil companion** he is! (* Had I not listened to you. **They will be bound together in chains.)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Until when he comes to Us, he says: O would that between me and thee there were the distance of the East and the West! so evil is the associate!
Maulvi Sher Ali
Till when, such a one comes to US, he says to his companion, `Would that between me and thee were the distance of the East and the West !' What an evil companion he is !
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!
Muhammad Musin Khan
Till, when (such a one) comes to Us, he says [to his Qarin (Satan / devil companion)] "Would that between me and you were the distance of the two easts (or the east and west)" a worst (type of) companion (indeed)!
Muhammad Pickthall
Till, when he cometh unto Us, he saith (unto his comrade): Ah, would that between me and thee there were the distance of the two horizons - an evil comrade!
Muhammad Sarwar
When he returns to us, he will say (to satan), "Would that there had been as long a distance between me and you as that between the East and West. What a terrible companion you have been".
Muhammed ali Shakir
Until when he comes to Us, he says: O would that between me and you there were the distance of the East and the West; so evil is the associate!
Rashad Khalifa
When he comes before us he will say, "Oh I wish you were as far from me as the two easts. What a miserable companion!"
Shabbir Ahmed
But in the end when he comes to Us, he will say (to his split self), "Ah! I wish I were far apart from you as the East is from the West. Ah! What a miserable companion."
Commentary 43:38 Mashriqainالْمَشْرِقَيْنِ signifies the two easts. It also means east and the west, and the place of sunrise and the place of sunset (Tâj). In classical…
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَنَا قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِينُ
43:38 Mashriqainالْمَشْرِقَيْنِ signifies the two easts. It also means east and the west, and the place of sunrise and the place of sunset (Tâj). In classical Arabic idiom the dual form is sometimes used to refer to two opposites, for example two moons denotes sun and moon. The two easts could therefore mean two positions in the east, one in the north and the other in the southern hemisphere, or different places of sunrise in summer and winter.