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Surah Al-Jinn — 72:27

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًا

Illaa manir tadaa mir rasoolin fa innahoo yasluku mim baini yadihi wa min khalfihee rasadaa

He does not disclose it except to a messenger of His choosing. He sends watchers to go in front and behind

except to a messenger he has chosen — and then he sends watchers before him and behind him

Reflection

This closes a loop the surah opened: the jinn began by reporting that the stations they once used to eavesdrop on heaven are now guarded, and the guard reappears here around the message itself. Rasad names a watch posted to intercept. The exception is narrow, one chosen messenger, and even that channel is escorted at both ends.

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