Surah Al-Jinn 72:27 — translation and meaning

الجن · Verse 27 / 28 · Page 573

إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضَى مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْلُكُ مِن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ رَصَدًا

Word by Word

إِلَّا
illa
Except
مَنِ
mani
whom
ارْتَضَى
ir'tada
He has approved
مِن
min
of
رَّسُولٍ
rasulin
a Messenger
فَإِنَّهُ
fa-innahu
and indeed, He
يَسْلُكُ
yasluku
makes to march
مِن
min
from
بَيْنِ
bayni
before
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
him
وَمِنْ
wamin
and from
خَلْفِهِ
khalfihi
behind him
رَصَدًا
rasadan
a guard

Transliteration

Illaa manir tadaa mir rasoolin fa innahoo yasluku mim baini yadihi wa min khalfihee rasadaa

Translation

Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before each messenger and behind him observers

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Except for a messenger whom He, may He be glorified, selects and then discloses to him what He wishes. He sends guards from the angels to go before the messenger and protect him so that no one besides the messenger gains access to this.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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