Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ar-Rahmaan, Ayah 20
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Tafsir
Between them there is a barrier by His power exalted be He. They do not overstep neither of the two encroaches upon the other to become mixed with it.
Related Hadiths
One amongst you should not enter into a transaction when another is bargaining.
There is before you a Cistern and the distance between its two sides is as it is between Jarba' and Adhruh.
When you place in front of you something such as the back of a saddle, then there is no harm if someone passes in front of you (i.e. the other side of it).
There is no transaction between two persons entering a transaction until they separate, but only when there is an option to annul it.
"When two people meet to engage in trade the transaction between them is not binding until they separate, unless they have chosen to conclude the transaction."
"When two people meet to engage in trade, the transaction between them is not binding until they separate, unless they have chosen to conclude the transaction."
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(There is a barrier) from Allah (between them) between the sweet and salty seas. (They encroach not (one upon the other)) nor does any one of them change the taste of the other.