Quran 36:9 — Yaseen, verse 9
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and set barriers before and behind them, blocking their vision: they cannot see.
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
wajaʿalnā min bayni aydīhim saddan wamin khalfihim saddan fa-aghshaynāhum fahum lā yub'ṣirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier; and We have covered them, so they do not see.
- Muhammad Asad
- and We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and We have enshrouded them in veils so that they cannot see:
- Sahih International
- And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | And We have made | جعل |
| 2 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 3 | بَيْنِbayni | before/between | بين |
| 4 | أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim | their hands/their front | يدي |
| 5 | سَدًّۭاsaddan | a barrier | سدد |
| 6 | وَمِنْwamin | and from | — |
| 7 | خَلْفِهِمْkhalfihim | behind them | خلف |
| 8 | سَدًّۭاsaddan | a barrier | سدد |
| 9 | فَأَغْشَيْنَـٰهُمْfa-aghshaynāhum | and We covered them | غشو |
| 10 | فَهُمْfahum | so they | — |
| 11 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 12 | يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūna | see | بصر |