Al-Qur'an Surah Ya-Sin Verse 9

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And We have placed a barrier in front of them and a barrier behind them, and (thus) they are encircled by Us; so they do not see.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and have placed a barrier before them and a barrier behind them and covered them ˹all˺ up, so they fail to see ˹the truth˺.

Ruwwad Translation Center

and We have placed a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and have blocked their vision so they cannot see.

A. J. Arberry

and We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier; and We have covered them, so they do not see.

Abdul Haleem

and set barriers before and behind them, blocking their vision: they cannot see.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We have placed before them a barrier and behind them a barrier, so We have covered them, so that they see not.

Abdullah 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.

Abul Ala Maududi

and We have put a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and have covered them up, so they are unable to see.

Ahmed Ali

And We shall raise a barrier in front of them and a barrier behind them, and cover them over so that they will not be able to see.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And We have set a wall before them and a wall behind them, and covered the top – so they are unable to see anything.

Ali Quli Qarai

And We have put a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, then We have blind-folded them, so they do not see.

Ali Ünal

And We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and (thus) We have covered them (from all sides), so that they cannot see.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And We have placed barriers (of their stubbornness rendering them unable to look forward to the bright future of Islam and rise to eminence by accepting it) in front of them, and barriers (of their prejudices) behind them (thus rendering them unable to look back at the doom of those who rejected the truth in the past). Thus We have kept them behind the veil so that they cannot see (so have become totally devoid of spiritual light).

English 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.

Faridul Haque

And We have set a wall before them and a wall behind them, and covered the top - so they are unable to see anything.

Hamid S. Aziz

Surely We have placed chains on their necks, and these reach up to their chins, so they are stiff-necked.

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.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Surely We have placed on their necks chains reaching up to the chins, so they have their heads raised aloft.

Mohammad Habib 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.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not.

Muhammad Sarwar

We have set-up a barrier in front of and behind them and have made them blind. Thus, they cannot see.

Qaribullah & Darwish

We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and, We have covered them so that they do not see.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And We have put a barrier before them, and a barrier behind them, and We have covered them up, so that they cannot see.

Wahiduddin Khan

and We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and We have covered them up so that they cannot see.

Talal Itani

And We placed a barrier in front of them, and a barrier behind them, and We have enshrouded them, so they cannot see.

Tafsir jalalayn

And We have set before them a barrier (read saddan or suddan in both instances) and behind them a barrier; so We have covered them, so they do not see -- this is also figurative, depicting the way in which the paths of faith are closed to them.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَجَعَلْنَا مِن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا

And We have put a barrier before them,

Mujahid said,

"Between them and the truth."

وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا

and a barrier behind them,

Mujahid said,

"Between them and the truth, so they are confused."

Qatadah said,

"They move from one form of misguidance to another."

فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ

and We have covered them up,

means, `We have blinded their eyes to the truth.'

Ibn Jarir said,

"It was narrated from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, that he used to recite "Fa a`shaynahum" (instead of Fa'aghshaynahum), from Al-`Asha (weakness of the sight, blindness), which is a complaint of the eye."

فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ



so that they cannot see.

means, they cannot benefit from goodness or be guided to it.

Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said,

"Allah placed this barrier between them and Islam and Iman, so that they will never reach it,"

and he recited;

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَا يُوْمِنُونَ

وَلَوْ جَأءَتْهُمْ كُلُّ ءايَةٍ حَتَّى يَرَوُاْ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ

Truly, those, against whom the Word (wrath) of your Lord has been justified, will not believe, Even if every sign should come to them, until they see the painful torment. (10;96-97)

Then he said, "Whoever has been prevented by Allah, will never be able."

Ikrimah said,

"Abu Jahl said, `If I see Muhammad, I will do such and such.' Then Allah revealed;

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ أَغْلَلاً فَهِيَ إِلَى الَاذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَ


وَجَعَلْنَا مِن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ


Verily, We have put on their necks iron collars reaching to the chins, so that their heads are raised up. And We have put a barrier before them, and a barrier behind them, and We have covered them up, so that they cannot see.

فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
(so that they cannot see)."

He said,

"They used to say, `Here is Muhammad,' and he would say, `Where is he? Where is he?' And he would not be able to see him."

Ibn Jarir also recorded this.

وَسَوَاء عَلَيْهِمْ أَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُوْمِنُونَ