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Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Verse 97of 99

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ﴿٩٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
نَعْلَمُnaʿlamuWe know
أَنَّكَannakathat [you]
يَضِيقُyaḍīqu(is) straitened
صَدْرُكَṣadrukayour breast
بِمَاbimāby what
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to proclaim the Truth openlyAllah commanded His Messenger to convey what He sent him with, to proclaim and spread the Message, which means confronting the idolators with it. Ibn `Abbas said that the Ayah,فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ(Therefore openly proclaim that what you have been commanded,) means, "Go ahead with it." According to another report it means, (افْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ) "Therefore proclaim that which you commanded." Mujahid said, "It is reciting the Qur'an aloud during prayer.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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