38 Preface حَتّىٰ إِذا جاءَنا قالَ يا لَيتَ بَيني وَبَينَكَ بُعدَ المَشرِقَينِ فَبِئسَ القَرينُAhmed AliUntil 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!”