The Cattle
6. Al-'Anʿām
الأنعام
Page #144
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فَمَن
يُرِدِ
اللَّهُ
أَن
يَهْدِيَهُ
يَشْرَحْ
صَدْرَهُ
لِلْإِسْلَامِ
وَمَن
يُرِدْ
أَن
يُضِلَّهُ
يَجْعَلْ
صَدْرَهُ
ضَيِّقًا
حَرَجًا
كَأَنَّمَا
يَصَّعَّدُ
فِي
السَّمَاءِ
كَذَلِكَ
يَجْعَلُ
اللَّهُ
الرِّجْسَ
عَلَى
الَّذِينَ
لَا
يُؤْمِنُونَ
fa-man yuridi llāhu ʾan yahdiyahū yashraḥ ṣadrahū li-l-ʾislāmi wa-man yurid ʾan yuḍillahū yajʿal ṣadrahū ḍayyiqan ḥarajan ka-ʾannamā yaṣṣaʿʿadu fī s-samāʾi ka-dhālika yajʿalu llāhu r-rijsa ʿalā lladhīna lā yuʾminūna
Those whom Allah (in His plan) willeth to guide,- He openeth their breast to Islam; those whom He willeth to leave straying,- He maketh their breast close and constricted, as if they had to climb up to the skies: thus doth Allah (heap) the penalty on those who refuse to believe.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Whomever Allah desires to guide, He opens his breast to Islam, and whomever He desires to lead astray, He makes his breast narrow and straitened as if he were climbing to a height. Thus does Allah lay [spiritual] defilement on those who do not have faith.
