سُوْرَةُ الرَّحْمٰنِ
Surah Ar-Rahmaan (55) — Ayah 20
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ ﴿20﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
بَيْنَهُمَا
baynahumā
Between both of them
بَرْزَخٌۭ
barzakhun
(is) a barrier
لَّا
lā
not
يَبْغِيَانِ
yabghiyāni
they transgress
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
20. 1. The summary of this is that, according to some, the two rivers refer to their separate existences, such as the rivers of sweet water, from which crops are irrigated and people use their water for other needs as well. The second type is the water of the seas, which is salty and has other benefits. These two do not mix with each other. Some have explained its meaning as that within the salty seas, waves of sweet water flow, and these two waves do not mix with each other, rather they remain separate and distinct from one another. One form of this is that Allah has made waves of sweet water flow at several places within the salty seas, and they remain separate from the salty water. Another form is that salty water is above, and beneath it, at the bottom, is a spring of sweet water. As indeed, at some places, this is the case. A third form is that at places where the water of a sweet river falls into the sea, many people have observed that for miles, both waters flow side by side in such a way that on one side is the sweet river water and on the other side is the vast salty water of the sea, and although there is no barrier between them, they do not mix. Between them is that barrier (برزخ) which Allah has placed, and neither of them crosses it.
