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Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 38 (43:38)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ

Quran 43:38 is ayah 38 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 492 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:38
حَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَآءَنَاقَالَيَٰلَيْتَبَيْنِىوَبَيْنَكَبُعْدَٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِفَبِئْسَٱلْقَرِينُ٣٨
ḥattā idhā jāanā qāla yālayta baynī wabaynaka buʿ'da l-mashriqayni fabi'sa l-qarīnu

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."(38)

Word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
  2. إِذَاidhāwhen
  3. جَآءَنَاjāanāhe comes to Us
  4. قَالَqālahe says
  5. يَٰلَيْتَyālaytaO would that
  6. بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
  7. وَبَيْنَكَwabaynakaand between you
  8. بُعْدَbuʿ'da(were the) distance
  9. ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِl-mashriqayni(of) the East and the West
  10. فَبِئْسَfabi'saHow wretched is
  11. ٱلْقَرِينُl-qarīnuthe companion

Tafsir (commentary) of 43:38

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