Al-Hijr 15:18
The Rocky Tract · Meccan · Juz 14 · Page 263
The Eavesdropper
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ مُّبِينࣱ ١٨
Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, heaven is guarded; devils cannot hear the exalted assembly, only try to steal fragments of descending knowledge.
Reflect
Give no credit to those claiming to know the unseen.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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