قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ
Q a la q a ilun minhum innee k a na lee qareen un One of them speaks thus: "Behold, I had [on earth] a close companion
 - Mohammad Asad
One of them will say: "I had a friend
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
One of them will say, 'I once had a companion 'in the world'
 - Mustafa Khattab
A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
One of them will start the talk and say: "I had an intimate companion (on the earth) 4067
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali