Ornaments of Gold, Luxury, The Embellishment 43:38

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Arabic English Morphology
حَتَّىٰٓ ḥattā
Until Prep
إِذَا idhā
when Noun
he comes to Us V
قَالَ qāla
he says V
O would that Prep
between me Noun
and between you Noun
بُعْدَ buʿ'da
(were the) distance Noun
(of) the East and the West Noun
How wretched is V
the companion Noun

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!’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

حَتَّىٰۤ إِذَا جَاۤءَنَا قَالَ یَـٰلَیۡتَ بَیۡنِی وَبَیۡنَكَ بُعۡدَ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَیۡنِ فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡقَرِینُ ۝٣٨

ḥattā idhā jāanā qāla yālayta baynī wabaynaka buʿ'da l-mashriqayni fabi'sa l-qarīn