The Quran

سورة الرَّحمٰن

Surah Al-Rahmân 55:20

The Most Gracious · Verse 20 of 78

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَا يَبْغِيَانِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(At present) a barrier stands between them. They cannot encroach one upon the other.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:

Ahmed Ali

With an interstice between them which they cannot cross.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

(But) between them is a barrier, which they do not transgress (and so they do not merge).

Daryabadi

In-between the twain is a barrier which they pass not.

Faridul Haque

Whereas there is a barrier between them so they cannot encroach upon one another.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Between them there is at present a barrier; they cannot encroach one upon the other.

Muhammad Asad

[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress.

Muhammad Musin Khan

Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.

Muhammad Pickthall

There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other).

Muhammad Sarwar

but has created a barrier between them so that they will not merge totally.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass.

Rashad Khalifa

A barrier is placed between them, to prevent them from transgressing.

Shabbir Ahmed

Yet, there is a Barrier between them that they cannot exceed.