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أَفَمَن شَرَحَ ٱللَّهُ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَٰمِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلْقَٰسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مِّن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍ﴿٢٢

Translation (Sahih International)

So is one whose breast Allah has expanded to [accept] Islam and he is upon a light from his Lord [like one whose heart rejects it]? Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah. Those are in manifest error.

Word-by-word meaning

أَفَمَنafamanSo is (one for) whom
شَرَحَsharaḥaAllah has expanded
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has expanded
صَدْرَهُۥṣadrahuhis breast
لِلْإِسْلَـٰمِlil'is'lāmifor Islam
فَهُوَfahuwaso he
عَلَىٰʿalā(is) upon
نُورٍۢnūrina light
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّهِۦ ۚrabbihihis Lord
فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylunSo woe
لِّلْقَـٰسِيَةِlil'qāsiyatito (those are) hardened
قُلُوبُهُمqulūbuhumtheir hearts
مِّنminfrom
ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance of Allah
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(the) remembrance of Allah
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
فِى(are) in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Parable of the Life of this WorldAllah tells us that water originates in the sky. This is like the Ayah: وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً طَهُوراً(and We send down pure water from the sky) (25:48). So, Allah sends down water from the sky, and it settles in the earth, then He causes it to flow wherever He wills, and He causes springs, great and small, to flow as needed.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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