Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)
Verse 38of 89
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ﴿٣٨﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion."
Word-by-word meaning
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The Shaytan is the Companion of the One Who turns away from Ar-Rahmanوَمَن يَعْشُ(And whosoever Ya`shu (turns away blindly)) means, whoever willfully ignores and turns awayعَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـنِ(from the remembrance of the Most Gracious,) Al-`Asha (the root of Ya`sh) refers to weakness of vision; what is meant here is weakness of insight.نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ(We appoint for him Shaytan to be a Qarin (a companion) to him.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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