Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress
M. M. Pickthall
There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other)
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
yet between them is a barrier they never cross.
Safi Kaskas
with a barrier they do not overrun between them.
Wahiduddin Khan
Between them is a barrier, which they do not overrun
Shakir
Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Between them is a barrier which they wrong not.
T.B.Irving
between them lies an isthmus which neither tries to cross.
Abdul Hye
Yet, between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
The Study Quran
Between them lies a barrier that they transgress not
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
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)
yet between them is a barrier which they cannot cross
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 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)
Shabbir Ahmed
Yet, there is a Barrier between them that they cannot exceed. (The great bodies of salt water and fresh water)
Dr. Munir Munshey
Yet, there exists a barrier between them, which they do not overrun
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Between them is a barrier that they do not willfully overstep
Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 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 Majid Daryabadi
In-between the twain is a barrier which they pass not
Ahmed Ali
With an interstice between them which they cannot cross
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
Hamid S. Aziz
Between them is a barrier which they do not transgress
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
there is a boundary between them that they do not go beyond.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Between them is a barrier that they do not transgress
Musharraf Hussain
there’s an invisible barrier between them which stops them mixing.
Maududi
and yet there is a barrier between them which they may not overstep
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
A barrier is placed between them, which they do not cross.
Mohammad Shafi
Between them is a barrier which they do not transgress.
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And there is Carriers in between them that one can not excel the other.
A barrier is placed between them, to prevent them from transgressing.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and between them is a barrier which they do not overpass
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Between them (B) (is) a barrier , they (B) do not transgress
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]
Faridul Haque
Whereas there is a barrier between them so they cannot encroach upon one another
Sher Ali
Between them there is at present a barrier; they cannot encroach one upon the other
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
There is a barrier between them; they cannot breach (their respective) limits
Amatul Rahman Omar
(At present) a barrier stands between them. They cannot encroach one upon the other
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Between the two is a barrier. They do not transgress.
Munir Mezyed
Between them is a barrier so neither of them can transgress.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Between them is a barrier they do not transgress.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
A barrier keeps them apart.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
between them is a barrier which they do not overrun.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
between them lies an barrier which neither tries to cross.
Samy Mahdy
Between them is a waterway barrier, they do not transgress.
Ahmed Hulusi
Yet between them is a barrier; which they do not transgress (both fulfill their own functions within their own field).
Mir Aneesuddin
(but) between them is a barrier which they do not pass.
And He set up an immaterial and natural barrier between them so that none of them gains advantage on the kingdom of the othe
The Wise Quran
Between them is a barrier they cannot pass.