(Arabic; " obstacle " or " barrier ")
Term that appears in the Qur 0101; n on three separate occasions and has been interpreted in various ways by Muslim commentators.
In one s 016B; rah (chapter), it refers to the barrier that prevents the dead from returning to earth to accomplish the good they left undone in life. It has been understood as a physical barrier between heaven and hell and as a moral prohibition by God. The term is used elsewhere in the Qur 02BE; 0101; n to describe a barrier between two seas, one saltier than the other, whose waters meet but do not mix. In Sufism , barzakh is understood as the barrier between the material world and the world of God and the angels.