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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-An'am 6:125

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فَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُۥ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَـٰمِ ۖ وَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُۥ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُۥ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّجْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فمن يشأ الله أن يوفقه لقَبول الحق يشرح صدره للتوحيد والإيمان، ومن يشأ أن يضله يجعل صدره في حال شديدة من الانقباض عن قَبول الهدى، كحال مَن يصعد في طبقات الجو العليا، فيصاب بضيق شديد في التنفس. وكما يجعل الله صدور الكافرين شديدة الضيق والانقباض، كذلك يجعل العذاب على الذين لا يؤمنون به.

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