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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

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كِتَٰبٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ فَلَا يَكُن فِى صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٌۭ مِّنْهُ لِتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴿٢

Translation (Sahih International)

[This is] a Book revealed to you, [O Muhammad] - so let there not be in your breast distress therefrom - that you may warn thereby and as a reminder to the believers.

Word-by-word meaning

كِتَـٰبٌkitābun(This is) a Book
أُنزِلَunzilarevealed
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
فَلَاfalāso (let) not
يَكُنyakunbe
فِىin
صَدْرِكَṣadrikayour breast
حَرَجٌۭḥarajunany uneasiness
مِّنْهُmin'hufrom it
لِتُنذِرَlitundhirathat you warn
بِهِۦbihiwith it
وَذِكْرَىٰwadhik'rāand a reminder
لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. كِتَـبٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ((This is the) Book (the Qur'an) sent down unto you (O Muhammad)), from your Lord, فَلاَ يَكُن فِى صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٌ مِّنْهُ(so let not your breast be narrow therefrom,) meaning, having doubt about it according to Mujahid, Qatadah and As-Suddi.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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