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Al-Jinn (The Jinn)

Verse 27of 28

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍۢ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًۭا﴿٢٧

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

إِلَّاillāExcept
مَنِmaniwhom
ٱرْتَضَىٰir'taḍāHe has approved
مِنminof
رَّسُولٍۢrasūlina Messenger
فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuand indeed, He
يَسْلُكُyaslukumakes to march
مِنۢminfrom
بَيْنِbaynibefore
يَدَيْهِyadayhihim
وَمِنْwaminand from
خَلْفِهِۦkhalfihibehind him
رَصَدًۭاraṣadana guard

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ does not know when the Hour will beAllah commands His Messenger to say to the people that he has no knowledge of when the Hour will be and he does not know whether its time is near or far.قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِى أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ رَبِّى أَمَداً(Say: "I know not whether which you are promised is near or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.") meaning, a long period of time.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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