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Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 45

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وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا
Wai tha qarata alqur a na jaAAaln a baynaka wabayna alla th eena l a yuminoona bi a l a khirati h ij a ban mastoor a n
But [thus it is:]54 whenever thou recitest the Qur'an, We place an invisible barrier between thee and those who will not believe in the life to come:
  - Mohammad Asad

This passage connects with verse {41} above.

When you recite the Qur'an, We put a hidden barrier between you and those who do not believe in the hereafter.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
When you 'O Prophet' recite the Quran, We put a hidden barrier between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter.
  - Mustafa Khattab
And when thou recitest the Qu'ran We place between thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter a hidden barrier;
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
When thou dost recite the Qur'an We put between thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter a veil invisible: 2230
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Veil invisible: Some Commentators understand mastur here as equivalent to satir: a veil that makes invisible, a thick or dark veil. But I think that the meaning of mastur (in the passive voice) as "hidden or invisible" is more consonant with the whole passage. If all nature, external and within ourselves, declares Allah's glory, those unfortunate who cut themselves off from their better nature are isolated from the true servants of Allah and the revelation of Allah, because (1) they are unfit for being in their company, and (2) because the servants of Allah and the revelation of Allah must be protected from the pain which blasphemy or rebellion must cause to their unsullied nature. The veil is none the less real even though it is invisible.

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