← Surah 43

43:38

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ

Word by word

حَتَّىٰٓ
Until
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
حَتَّىٰٓPreposition — inceptive
إِذَا
when
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
إِذَاNoun — time adverb
جَآءَنَا
he comes to Us
Verb
Root: جيأ
Grammar (i'rab)
جَآءَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
قَالَ
he says
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
يَٰلَيْتَ
O would that
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
يَٰPreposition — vocative، prefix
لَيْتَPreposition — accusative
بَيْنِى
between me
Noun
Root: بين
Grammar (i'rab)
بَيْنِNoun — location adverb
ىNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st sing.
وَبَيْنَكَ
and between you
Noun
Root: بين
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
بَيْنَNoun — location adverb، accusative
كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
بُعْدَ
(were the) distance
Noun
Root: بعد
Grammar (i'rab)
بُعْدَNoun — masculine، accusative
ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ
(of) the East and the West
Noun
Root: شرق
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
مَشْرِقَيْنِNoun — masc. dual، nominative
فَبِئْسَ
How wretched is
Verb
Root: بأس
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
بِئْسَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
ٱلْقَرِينُ
the companion
Noun
Root: قرن
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
قَرِينُNoun — masculine، nominative

Translation

EN

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)!

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

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!’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

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!

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Sonunda Bize gelince arkadaşına: "Keşke benimle senin aranda doğu ile batı arasındaki kadar uzaklık olsaydı, sen ne kötü arkadaş imişsin!" der. Nedametin bugün size hiç faydası dokunmaz; zira haksızlık etmiştiniz, şimdi azabda ortaksınız.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Nihayet kıyamet günü bize gelince, arkadaşına: "Keşke seninle benim aramda doğu ile batı arasındaki kadar bir uzaklık olsaydı. Sen ne kötü arkadaşmışsın!" der.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Arkadaşı), bize (huzurumuza) gelince (şeytana) “Ah, keşke benimle senin aranda iki doğular kadar uzaklık olsaydı; ne kötü arkadaşmış(sın sen)!” diyecektir.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

حتى إذا جاءنا الذي أعرض عن ذكر الرحمن وقرينُه من الشياطين للحساب والجزاء، قال المعرض عن ذكر الله لقرينه: وددت أن بيني وبينك بُعْدَ ما بين المشرق والمغرب، فبئس القرين لي حيث أغويتني.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution