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برزخ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes a barrier, partition, or interval between two things. It is most famously used to describe the intermediate state between death and resurrection, but also applies to abstract divisions like doubt and certainty.

Derived headwords

البَرْزَخnoun
  1. 1.
    Barrier, partitionboth

    That which lies between two things, acting as a divider or separator.

  2. 2.
    Intermediate state (afterlife)classical

    The period and state between death and the Day of Resurrection, experienced by those who have died.

  3. 3.
    Interval between conceptsclassical

    A metaphorical division or space between abstract concepts, such as doubt and certainty.

بَرَازِخnoun
  1. 1.
    Barriers, partitionsboth

    Plural of برزخ, referring to multiple barriers or intervals.

  2. 2.
    Stages of faithclassical

    The plural form used to describe the intermediate stages or levels within faith, between its beginning and end.

Parallel reading

ما بين كل شيئين
What is between two things.
الحاجز بين الشيئين
The barrier between two things.
ما بين الدنيا والآخرة قبل الحشر من وقت الموت إلى البعث
What is between this world and the Hereafter before the gathering, from the time of death until the resurrection.
فمن مات فقد دخل البرزخ
So whoever dies has entered the intermediate state.
في برزخ ما بين الدنيا والآخرة
In an intermediate state between this world and the Hereafter.
البرزخ ما بين كل شيئين من حاجز
The barzakh is what is between two things, consisting of a barrier.
البرزخ من يوم يموت إلى يوم يبعث
The barzakh is from the day one dies until the day one is resurrected.
أنه صلى بقوم فأسوى برزخا
That he prayed with a people and omitted a barzakh.
فأسوى برزخا أجفل وأسقط
Fa-aswa barzakhan means he faltered and omitted.
لأنه بين الدنيا والآخرة
Because he is between this world and the Hereafter.
ما بين الشك واليقين
What is between doubt and certainty.
ما بين أول الإيمان وآخره
What is between the beginning of faith and its end.
تلك برازخ الإيمان
Those are the intermediate stages of faith.
بينهما برزخ لا يبغيان
Between them is a barrier that they do not transgress.
حاجز من قدرة الله سبحانه وتعالى
A barrier from the power of God, Glorified and Exalted is He.
حاجز خفي
A hidden barrier.
جعل بينهما برزخا أي حاجزا
And He placed between them a barrier, meaning a partition.
بينهما حاجز أن يتزاورا
Between them is a barrier preventing them from visiting each other.