Quran 72:27 — Al-Jinn, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He does not disclose it except to a messenger of His choosing. He sends watchers to go in front and behind
إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَىٰ مِنْ رَسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْلُكُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ رَصَدًا
illā mani ir'taḍā min rasūlin fa-innahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi raṣadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- save only to such a Messenger as He is well-pleased with; then He despatches before him and behind him watchers,
- Muhammad Asad
- unless it be to an apostle whom He has been pleased to elect [there for]: and then He sends forth [the forces of heaven] to watch over him in whatever lies open before him and in what is beyond his ken –
- Sahih International
- Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَّاillā | Except | — |
| 2 | مَنِmani | whom | — |
| 3 | ٱرْتَضَىٰir'taḍā | He has approved | رضو |
| 4 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 5 | رَّسُولٍۢrasūlin | a Messenger | رسل |
| 6 | فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahu | and indeed, He | — |
| 7 | يَسْلُكُyasluku | makes to march | سلك |
| 8 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 9 | بَيْنِbayni | before | بين |
| 10 | يَدَيْهِyadayhi | him | يدي |
| 11 | وَمِنْwamin | and from | — |
| 12 | خَلْفِهِۦkhalfihi | behind him | خلف |
| 13 | رَصَدًۭاraṣadan | a guard | رصد |