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Surah Rahman Ayat 20 in Arabic Text

بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ
Bainahumaa barzakhul laa yabghiyaan

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 20

Sahih International
Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.

Yusuf Ali
Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:

Abul Ala Maududi
and yet there is a barrier between them which they may not overstep.

Muhsin Khan
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.

Pickthall
There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other).

Dr. Ghali
Between them (both) is an isthmus (i.e., an obstruction) (which) they do not overpass. (Literally: none of them is inequitable)

Abdel Haleem
yet there is a barrier between them they do not cross.

Muhammad Junagarhi
ان دونوں میں ایک آڑ ہے کہ اس سے بڑھ نہیں سکتے

Quran 55 Verse 20 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Rahman ayat 20, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(55:20) and yet there is a barrier between them which they may not overstep.[19]


19. For explanation see (Surah Al-Furqan, ayat 53) note 68.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Ar-Rahman verse 20 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Rahman ayat 14 which provides the complete commentary from verse 14 through 25.

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