Quran 55:20 Word by Word & Translations
55:20 Word by Word (2021)
55:20 Arabic
55:20 Transliteration
Between both of them (is) a barrier, not they transgress.
55:20 Arabic
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
55:20 Transliteration
Baynahuma barzakhun la yabghiyani
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
A barrier is placed between them, which they do not cross.
Abdel Haleem
yet there is a barrier between them they do not cross
Abdul Hye
Yet, between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
In-between the twain is a barrier which they pass not
Ahmed Ali
With an interstice between them which they cannot cross
Ahmed Hulusi
Yet between them is a barrier; which they do not transgress (both fulfill their own functions within their own field).
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And there is Carriers in between them that one can not excel the other.
Aisha Bewley
with a barrier between them they do not break through.
Ali Ünal
(But) between them is a barrier, which they do not transgress (and so they do not merge)
Ali Quli Qara'i
There is a barrier between them which they do not overstep
Amatul Rahman Omar
(At present) a barrier stands between them. They cannot encroach one upon the other
Arthur John Arberry
between them a barrier they do not overpass
Bakhtiari Nejad
there is a boundary between them that they do not go beyond.
Bijan Moeinian
wherein they do not get diluted in each other [the warm water of Gulf Stream, for example, does not mix with the water of Atlantic Ocean for thousands of miles]
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Between them is a barrier that they do not transgress
Corpus.Quran
Between both of them (is) a barrier not they transgress
Dr. Kamal Omar
(yet) between those two (exists) a barrier.Both (of them) dishonour (it) not (and thus maintain separate properties and taste of their waters)
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Between them is a barrier which they wrong not.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
There is a barrier between them; they cannot breach (their respective) limits
Dr. Munir Munshey
Yet, there exists a barrier between them, which they do not overrun
Edward Henry Palmer
between them is a barrier they cannot pass
Faridul Haque
Whereas there is a barrier between them so they cannot encroach upon one another
Fode Drame
Between the two is a barrier. They do not transgress.
George Sale
Between them is placed a bar which they cannot pass
Hamid S. Aziz
Between them is a barrier which they do not transgress
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and between them is a barrier which they do not overpass
Hilali - Khan
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress
Irving/Hegab
between them lies an barrier which neither tries to cross.
John Medows Rodwell
Yet between them is a barrier which they overpass not
Linda "iLham" Barto
A barrier keeps them apart.
Maududi
and yet there is a barrier between them which they may not overstep
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He has made the two seas to flow freely -- they meet
Mir Aneesuddin
(but) between them is a barrier which they do not pass.
Mohammad Shafi
Between them is a barrier which they do not transgress.
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Between them (B) (is) a barrier , they (B) do not transgress
Muhammad Asad
[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Between them (both) is an isthmus (i.e., an obstruction) (which) they do not overpass. (Literally: none of them is inequitable
Muhammad Marmaduke 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
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
while there is a barrier between them; they do not encroach (upon one another)
Munir Mezyed
Between them is a barrier so neither of them can transgress.
MunirMezyed2023
Between them is a barrier so neither of them can transgress.
Musharraf Hussain
there’s an invisible barrier between them which stops them mixing.
Mustafa Khattab 2018
yet between them is a barrier they never cross.
Mustaqim
Between them is a barrier they do not transgress.
N J Dawood 2014
Yet between them stands a barrier which they cannot overrun
Rashad Khalifa
A barrier is placed between them, to prevent them from transgressing.
Safi Kaskas
with a barrier they do not over run between them.
Samy Mahdy
Between them is a waterway barrier, they do not transgress.
Shabbir Ahmed
Yet, there is a Barrier between them that they cannot exceed. (The great bodies of salt water and fresh water)
Shakir
Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass
Sher Ali
Between them there is at present a barrier; they cannot encroach one upon the other
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Between them is a barrier that they do not willfully overstep
T.B.Irving
between them lies an isthmus which neither tries to cross.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Between them is a barrier they don’t transgress.
Talal Itani (2012)
Between them is a barrier, which they do not overrun
The Study Quran
Between them lies a barrier that they transgress not
The Wise Quran
Between them is a barrier they cannot pass.
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses
Wahiduddin Khan
Between them is a barrier, which they do not overrun
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress