Until, when he comes to Us, he will say, “If only there were between me and you the distance of the two Easts.” What an evil companion!
Az-Zukhruf 43:38
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حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَنَا قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِينُ
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Until, when he comes to Us, he will say, “If only there were between me and you the distance of the two Easts.” What an evil companion!
When they come to Us, they'll say to their devil friend, "I wish there was the greatest distance possible between you and me! What a terrible friend!"
Until, when such a person comes before Us, he says to his devil companion, "I wish there was the distance of east and west between you and me! What a terrible companion you were!"
Until, when he comes to Us, he says, “If only between me and you were the distance of the two easts! What a wretched companion!”
Until, when he comes to Us, he will say, “If only there were between me and you the distance of the two Easts! What an evil companion!”
Until, when he comes to Us, he will say, “If only there were between me and you the distance of the two Easts! What an evil 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."
Till, when (such a one) comes to Us, he says [to his Qarîn (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)!
Then when he comes to Us, he will say [to his devil associate], “I wish you were as distant from me as the East and West. What a terrible associate [you were]!”
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)!
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!
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!"
But when he comes to Us, he will say (to his satan): “Would that there had been between me and you the distance as between the East and the West. How evil a companion you were!”
When he comes to Us, he will say, ‘I wish there had been between me and you the distance between the east and the west! What an evil companion [you are]!’
Hatta itha jaana qala ya layta baynee wabaynaka buAAda almashriqayni fabisa alqareenu