Surah Al-Jinn (الجن) • The Jinn

Quran 72:27

72:27

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًا

illā mani ir'taḍā min rasūlin fa-innahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi raṣadan

Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers

— Saheeh International

He does not disclose it except to a messenger of His choosing. He sends watchers to go in front and behind

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Except to a Messenger (from mankind) whom He has chosen (He informs him of unseen as much as He likes), and then He makes a band of watching guards (angels) to march before him and behind him.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

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