Nounبَرْزَخٌ3 senses · 1 main
Core sense — a thing that comes between two things; the interval between death and resurrectiongenerated
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A thing that comes between any two things.
Or a bar, an obstruction, or something that makes a separation between two things; so in the Qur'ān 55:20.
Plural: بَرَازِخُ.
Qur’ān 55:20 approximate — somewhere between 55:1 and 55:26 Lane cites “Kur lv. 20”
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The interval between this present life and the life to come, from the time of death to the resurrection, which a person enters on dying; the period, or state, from the day of death to the day of resurrection; so in the Qur'ān 23:102.
Qur’ān 23:100 approximate — somewhere between 23:91 and 23:118 Lane cites “Kur xxiii. 102”
1.2what lies between the beginning of faith and its end—بَرَازِخُ الإِيمَانِ
The beginning of faith is the acknowledgment, or confession, of God, and its end is the removal of what is harmful from the road.
Or: what lies between doubt and certainty.
Show Lane's original text
A thing that intervenes between any two things: (L:) or a bar, an obstruction, or a thing that makes a separation, between two things: (S, A, L, K:) so in the Kur lv. 20: pl. بَرَازِخُ . (L.) The interval between the present life and that which is to come, (S, A,) from the period of death to the resurrection, (S, A, K,) upon which he who dies enters; (S, K;) the period, or state, from the day of death to the day of resurrection: so in the Kur xxiii. 102. (Fr.) بَرَازِخُ الإِيمَانِ What is between the beginning of faith, (L, K,) which is the acknowledgment, or confession, of God, (L,) and the end thereof, (L, K,) which is the removal of what is hurtful from the road: (L:) or what is between doubt and certainty. (L, K.)