Al-Waqi'ah Verse 79

touched by none except the purified ˹angels˺.[[ This verse refutes the pagan claim that the Quran was sent down by devils (see {26:210}-212). Based on this verse, many jurists maintain that a Muslim should perform ablutions before reading the Quran. ]]

that none can touch except the purified [angels] –

none but the purified shall touch,

that only the purified can touch,

Which none can touch except the purified.

Which none shall touch but those who are clean;

which none but the pure may touch;

Only they can reach it who are clean (of mind).

None may touch it, except with ablution.

—no one touches it except the pure ones—

None except the purified ones can reach it (to obtain the knowledge it contains. And none except those cleansed of material and spiritual impurities should touch it).

No one can achieve true insight into it except those who are purified (by leading righteous lives).

None touches it except the pure/clean .

None may touch it, except with ablution.

None shall touch it save the purified ones.

Which (that Book with Allah) none can touch but the purified (i.e. the angels).

In a book that is protected,

None shall touch it save the purified ones.

Which none toucheth save the purified,

no one can touch it except the purified ones.

which none shall touch except the purified;

Which none touches but the pure ones.

which none can touch except the purified.

None can grasp it except the purified.

which none touch (l yamassuhu is a predicate functioning as a prohibitive command) except the purified, those who have purified themselves of ritual impurities, [56;80] a revelation, revealed, by the Lord of the Worlds.

Which none touches but the pure ones.

he said, "The Book that is in heaven."

Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn Abbas about,
لاَّا يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ
(Which none touches but the pure ones). that

`the pure ones' means;"The angels."

Similar was said by Anas, Mujahid, Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak, Abu Ash-Sha`tha' Jabir bin Zayd, Abu Nahik, As-Suddi, Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and others.

Ibn Jarir narrated that Ibn `Abdul-A`la said that Ibn Thawr said that Ma`mar said from Qatadah about,
لاَّا يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ
(Which none touches but the pure ones), that he said,

"None can touch it, with Allah, except the pure ones. However, in this life, the impure Zoroastrian and the filthy hypocrite touch it."

And he said,

"In the recitation of Ibn Mas`ud it is,
مَا يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّ الْمُطَهَّرُونَ
(It is not touched, except by the pure ones).

Abu Al-Aliyah said,
لاَّا يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ
(Which none touches but the pure ones).

"It does not refer to you, because you are sinners!"

Ibn Zayd said,

"The Quraysh disbelievers claimed that the devils brought down the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted stated that only the pure ones touch the Qur'an, as He said;

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَـطِينُ

وَمَا يَنبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

And it is not the Shayatin who have brought it down. Neither would it suit them nor they can (produce it). Verily, they have been removed far from hearing it. (26;210-212)"

This saying is a good saying, and does not contradict those before it.

Allah said,

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ