سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 38
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ ﴿38﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
Until
إِذَا
idhā
when
جَآءَنَا
jāanā
he comes to Us
قَالَ
qāla
he says
يَـٰلَيْتَ
yālayta
O would that
بَيْنِى
baynī
between me
وَبَيْنَكَ
wabaynaka
and between you
بُعْدَ
buʿ'da
(were the) distance
ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ
l-mashriqayni
(of) the East and the West
فَبِئْسَ
fabi'sa
How wretched is
ٱلْقَرِينُ
l-qarīnu
the companion
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
38. 1. The meaning is the distance between the east and the west; this disbeliever will say this on the Day of Resurrection, but what benefit will this admission have on that day?
