سُوْرَةُ الْجِنِّ
Surah Al-Jinn (72) — Ayah 27
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًا ﴿27﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِلَّا
illā
Except
مَنِ
mani
whom
ٱرْتَضَىٰ
ir'taḍā
He has approved
مِن
min
of
رَّسُولٍۢ
rasūlin
a Messenger
فَإِنَّهُۥ
fa-innahu
and indeed, He
يَسْلُكُ
yasluku
makes to march
مِنۢ
min
from
بَيْنِ
bayni
before
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
him
وَمِنْ
wamin
and from
خَلْفِهِۦ
khalfihi
behind him
رَصَدًۭا
raṣadan
a guard
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 27) {اِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضٰى مِنْ رَّسُوْلٍ …:} "He does not inform anyone of His unseen," but if He wishes to inform about any matter of the unseen, He does not tell everyone; rather, He only tells the one whom He chooses as a Messenger. The meaning of {’’ رَسُوْلٍ ‘‘} is the person who is sent to deliver a message, that is, He does not tell the matter of the unseen to make someone the Knower of the unseen, but to convey it to the people. When Allah Almighty informs this chosen Messenger of any matter of the unseen, He surrounds him with a strong guard of shooting stars and angels, so that the devils cannot insert anything of their own into this revelation, nor can they find out beforehand and inform the soothsayers, but the divine word reaches the Messenger in a protected manner, and through the Messenger, it reaches the people.
