مشرقان

• IPA^(key): /maʃ.ri.qaːn/

مَشْرِقَان • (mašriqān) m du

1. nominative dual of مَشْرِق (mašriq)

مَشْرِقَان • (mašriqān) m du

1. (in the definite form) the east and the west

   Synonym: مَغْرِبَان (maḡribān)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 43:38:

     حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَنَا قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ

     ḥattā ʔiḏā jāʔanā qāla yā layta baynī wabaynaka buʕda l-mašriqayni fabiʔsa l-qarīnu

     Until, when he comes to Us, he says, "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion."