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Al-Isra 45

Ayah 45 of 111 · Meccan

وَإِذَا قَرَأۡتَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ جَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَكَ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ حِجَابٗا مَّسۡتُورٗا ٤٥

And when you recite the Qur’ān, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Preventing guidance from reaching them.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. قَرَأۡتَyou reciteqarata
  3. ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَthe Quranl-qur'āna
  4. جَعَلۡنَاWe placejaʿalnā
  5. بَيۡنَكَbetween youbaynaka
  6. وَبَيۡنَand betweenwabayna
  7. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  8. لَا(do) notlā
  9. يُؤۡمِنُونَbelieveyu'minūna
  10. بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِin the Hereafterbil-ākhirati
  11. حِجَابٗاa barrierḥijāban
  12. مَّسۡتُورٗاhiddenmastūran

Tafsir

When you - O Messenger - recite the Qur’ān and they hear the warnings and admonitions it contains, I place between you and those who do not have faith in the Day of Judgment a barrier that prevents them from understanding the Qur’ān, as a punishment for their turning away from it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran