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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 125of 165

فَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُۥ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَٰمِ ۖ وَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُۥ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُۥ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًۭا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّجْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ﴿١٢٥

Translation (Sahih International)

So whoever Allah wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky. Thus does Allah place defilement upon those who do not believe.

Word-by-word meaning

فَمَنfamanSo whoever
يُرِدِyuridiwants
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
أَنanthat
يَهْدِيَهُۥyahdiyahuHe guides him
يَشْرَحْyashraḥHe expands
صَدْرَهُۥṣadrahuhis breast
لِلْإِسْلَـٰمِ ۖlil'is'lāmito Islam
وَمَنwamanand whoever
يُرِدْyuridHe wants
أَنanthat
يُضِلَّهُۥyuḍillahuHe lets him go astray
يَجْعَلْyajʿalHe makes
صَدْرَهُۥṣadrahuhis breast
ضَيِّقًاḍayyiqantight
حَرَجًۭاḥarajanand constricted
كَأَنَّمَاka-annamāas though
يَصَّعَّدُyaṣṣaʿʿaduhe (were) climbing
فِىinto
ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚl-samāithe sky
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
يَجْعَلُyajʿaluplaces
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ٱلرِّجْسَl-rij'sathe filth
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
لَا(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

فَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلإِسْلَـمِ(And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam;) He makes Islam easy for him and strengthens his resolve to embrace it, and these are good signs.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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