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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 46of 206

وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌۭ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌۭ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلًّۢا بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ ۚ وَنَادَوْا۟ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ﴿٤٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And between them will be a partition, and on [its] elevations are men who recognize all by their mark. And they call out to the companions of Paradise, "Peace be upon you." They have not [yet] entered it, but they long intensely.

Word-by-word meaning

وَبَيْنَهُمَاwabaynahumāAnd between them
حِجَابٌۭ ۚḥijābun(will be) a partition
وَعَلَىwaʿalāand on
ٱلْأَعْرَافِl-aʿrāfithe heights
رِجَالٌۭrijālun(will be) men
يَعْرِفُونَyaʿrifūnarecognizing
كُلًّۢاkullanall
بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ ۚbisīmāhumby their marks
وَنَادَوْا۟wanādawAnd they will call out
أَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(to the) companions
ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati(of) Paradise
أَنanthat
سَلَـٰمٌsalāmunPeace
عَلَيْكُمْ ۚʿalaykum(be) upon you
لَمْlamNot
يَدْخُلُوهَاyadkhulūhāthey have entered it
وَهُمْwahumbut they
يَطْمَعُونَyaṭmaʿūnahope

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The People of Al-A`rafAfter Allah mentioned that the people of Paradise will address the people of the Fire, He stated that there is a barrier between Paradise and the Fire, which prevents the people of the Fire from reaching Paradise. Ibn Jarir said, "It is the wall that Allah described, فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُم بِسُورٍ لَّهُ بَابٌ بَاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَـهِرُهُ مِن قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُ(So a wall will be put up between them, with a gate therein.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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