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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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27. Except for a messenger whom He chooses (to inform of the unseen). Then He appoints guards before and behind him [24].
[24] Allah’s practice regarding the knowledge of the unseen is that He does not inform anyone about when the Day of Resurrection will come. However, He does inform some messengers about certain matters of the unseen, and these are matters whose disclosure is necessary for the religion. For example, that the Resurrection will certainly come; that a time will come when the sun will rise from the west; or that the Resurrection will be established only upon the worst of people; or that on the Day of Judgment, Allah will take account from people, and the conditions of Paradise and Hell. All these things pertain to the unseen, which Allah has conveyed to the Messenger through revelation. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ conveyed them to the Ummah. The rule regarding this is that when Allah sends such revelation through Jibreel, He also sends guardians and protectors before and after it, so that this revelation reaches the Messenger safely, completely, and without any alteration.
[24] Allah’s practice regarding the knowledge of the unseen is that He does not inform anyone about when the Day of Resurrection will come. However, He does inform some messengers about certain matters of the unseen, and these are matters whose disclosure is necessary for the religion. For example, that the Resurrection will certainly come; that a time will come when the sun will rise from the west; or that the Resurrection will be established only upon the worst of people; or that on the Day of Judgment, Allah will take account from people, and the conditions of Paradise and Hell. All these things pertain to the unseen, which Allah has conveyed to the Messenger through revelation. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ conveyed them to the Ummah. The rule regarding this is that when Allah sends such revelation through Jibreel, He also sends guardians and protectors before and after it, so that this revelation reaches the Messenger safely, completely, and without any alteration.
