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Quran Maqasid

Surah Az-Zukhruf, verse 38

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حتى اذا جاءنا قال يا ليت بيني وبينك بعد المشرقين فبئس القرين

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)!

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  • Verse 38 of 89
  • Juz 25
  • Page 492

Word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓUntilḥattā
  2. إِذَاwhenidhā
  3. جَآءَنَاhe comes to Usjāanā
  4. قَالَhe saysqāla
  5. يَـٰلَيْتَO would thatyālayta
  6. بَيْنِىbetween mebaynī
  7. وَبَيْنَكَand between youwabaynaka
  8. بُعْدَ(were the) distancebuʿ'da
  9. ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ(of) the East and the Westl-mashriqayni
  10. فَبِئْسَHow wretched isfabi'sa
  11. ٱلْقَرِينُthe companionl-qarīnu

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