Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 36:9 | |
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36:9 وجعلنا من بين ايديهم سدا ومن خلفهم سدا فاغشيناهم فهم لايبصرون | |
Transliteration | WajaAAalna min bayni aydeehim saddan wamin khalfihim saddan faaghshaynahum fahum la yubsiroona |
Literal | And We put/made from between their hands a barrier , and from behind them a barrier , so We covered/afflicted them , so they do not see/look/understand. |
Yusuf Ali | And We have put a bar in front of them and a bar behind them, and further, We have covered them up; so that they cannot see. |
Pickthal | And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not. |
Arberry | and We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier; and We have covered them, so they do not see. |
Shakir | And We have made before them a barrier and a barrier behind them, then We have covered them over so that they do not see. |
Sarwar | We have set-up a barrier in front of and behind them and have made them blind. Thus, they cannot see. |
Khalifa | And we place a barrier in front of them, and a barrier behind them, and thus, we veil them; they cannot see. |
Hilali/Khan | And We have put a barrier before them, and a barrier behind them, and We have covered them up, so that they cannot see. |
H/K/Saheeh | And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see. |
Malik | and We have put a barrier in front of them and a barrier behind them, and then We have covered them over so they cannot see.[9] |
QXP | And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and thus have covered them that they cannot see. (They neither look to the future nor derive any lesson from history). |
Maulana Ali | And We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, thus We have covered them, so that they see not. |
Free Minds | And We have placed a barrier in front of them, and a barrier behind them, thus We shielded them so they cannot see. |
Qaribullah | We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and, We have covered them so that they do not see. |
George Sale | And We have set a bar before them, and a bar behind them; and We have covered them with darkness; wherefore they shall not see. |
JM Rodwell | Before them have we set a barrier and behind them a barrier, and we have shrouded them in a veil, so that they shall not see. |
Asad | and We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and We have enshrouded them in veils so that they cannot see: [Sc., "so that they can neither advance nor go back": a metaphor of utter spiritual stagnation.] |
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