Az-Zukhruf Verse 38

But when such a person comes to Us, one will say ˹to their associate˺, “I wish you were as distant from me as the east is from the west! What an evil associate ˹you were˺!”

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]!”

till, when he comes to Us, he says, 'Would there had been between me and thee the distance of the two Easts!' 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!’

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

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)!

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!”

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!"

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.)

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]!’

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!"

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 !

Until if he came to Us, he said: "Oh if only between me and between you (are) the two sun rises`/easts` far distances, so how bad (is) the companion ?"

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.)

Until when he comes to Us, he says (to his devil), "O would that between me and you there were the distance of the two Easts"; evil, indeed, is the companion!

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)!

And surely they hinder them from the (right) path, and they think that they are guided aright.

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!

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 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".

And when he comes before Us, he shall say: 'Would that there had been between me and you, the distance of the two Easts' Evil is the companion.

Till, when (such a one) comes to Us, he says, "Would that between me and you were the distance of the two easts (or the east and west) a worst companion (indeed)!"

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!"

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, such a blind one, together with his companion, on the Day of Resurrection, he says, to him; `O (y is for calling attention) would that there were between me and you the distance of the two easts!', that is to say, like the distance between the east and the west, What an evil companion then!, you are for me. God, exalted be He, says;

حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءنَا

And verily, they hinder them from the path, but they think that they are guided aright! Until, when he comes to Us,

meaning, for this person who willfully neglects true guidance, We send to him a Shaytan to lead him astray and show him the path to Hell. When he comes before Allah on the Day of Resurrection, he will complain about the Shaytan who was appointed to accompany him.

Some of them recited it;
حَتْى إِذَا جَاءنَا
(Till, when they both come to Us), referring to the companion Shaytan and the one whom he accompanies.

قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِيْسَ الْقَرِينُ



he says, "Would that between me and you were the distance of the two easts -- a worst companion (indeed)!"

Then Allah says;

وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ