إِلَّا
مَنِ
ٱرۡتَضَىٰ
مِن
رَّسُولٖ
فَإِنَّهُۥ
يَسۡلُكُ
مِنۢ
بَيۡنِ
يَدَيۡهِ
وَمِنۡ
خَلۡفِهِۦ
رَصَدٗا
٢٧
Save unto every messenger whom He hath chosen, and then He maketh a guard to go before him and a guard behind him
— M. Pickthall
Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers1
— Saheeh International
"Except a messenger whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him,
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ does not know when the Hour will be
Allah commands His Messenger to say to the people that he has no knowledge of when the Hour will be and he does not know whether its time is near or far.
قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِى أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ رَبِّى أَمَداً
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…The Messenger of Allah ﷺ does not know when the Hour will be
Allah commands His Messenger to say to the people that he has no knowledge of when the Hou
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