The Ornaments of Gold
43. Az-Zukhruf
الزخرف
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حَتَّى
إِذَا
جَاءَنَا
قَالَ
يَالَيْتَ
بَيْنِي
وَبَيْنَكَ
بُعْدَ
الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ
فَبِئْسَ
الْقَرِينُ
ḥattā ʾidhā jāʾanā qāla yā-layta baynī wa-baynaka buʿda l-mashriqayni fa-biʾsa l-qarīnu
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]!’
— Ali Quli Qarai
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)!
