Ar-Rahman 55:20
The Beneficent · Medinan · Juz 27 · Page 532
The Barrier
بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخࣱ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ ٢٠
There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other).
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Between them is a barrier they do not overstep.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “barzakh” as a barrier, a dividing limit between two things; in geography it is land between two seas. Here it is either that or a limit set by divine power.
Reflect
Think about the boundaries you need to keep in your life.
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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