Quran 6:125 — Al-An'aam, verse 125
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When God wishes to guide someone, He opens their breast to islam; when He wishes to lead them astray, He closes and constricts their breast as if they were climbing up to the skies. That is how God makes the foulness of those who do not believe rebound against them.
فَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ ۖ وَمَنْ يُرِدْ أَنْ يُضِلَّهُ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِي السَّمَاءِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ الرِّجْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
faman yuridi l-lahu an yahdiyahu yashraḥ ṣadrahu lil'is'lāmi waman yurid an yuḍillahu yajʿal ṣadrahu ḍayyiqan ḥarajan ka-annamā yaṣṣaʿʿadu fī l-samāi kadhālika yajʿalu l-lahu l-rij'sa ʿalā alladhīna lā yu'minūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Whomsoever God desires to guide, He expands his breast to Islam; whomsoever He desires to lead astray, He makes his breast narrow, tight, as if he were climbing to heaven. So God lays abomination upon those who believe not.
- Muhammad Asad
- And whomsoever God wills to guide, his bosom He opens wide with willingness towards self-surrender [unto Him]; and whomsoever He wills to let go astray, his bosom He causes to be tight and constricted, as if he were climbing unto the skies: it is thus that God inflicts horror upon those who will not believe.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَمَنfaman | So whoever | — |
| 2 | يُرِدِyuridi | wants | رود |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | يَهْدِيَهُۥyahdiyahu | He guides him | هدي |
| 6 | يَشْرَحْyashraḥ | He expands | شرح |
| 7 | صَدْرَهُۥṣadrahu | his breast | صدر |
| 8 | لِلْإِسْلَـٰمِ ۖlil'is'lāmi | to Islam | سلم |
| 9 | وَمَنwaman | and whoever | — |
| 10 | يُرِدْyurid | He wants | رود |
| 11 | أَنan | that | — |
| 12 | يُضِلَّهُۥyuḍillahu | He lets him go astray | ضلل |
| 13 | يَجْعَلْyajʿal | He makes | جعل |
| 14 | صَدْرَهُۥṣadrahu | his breast | صدر |
| 15 | ضَيِّقًاḍayyiqan | tight | ضيق |
| 16 | حَرَجًۭاḥarajan | and constricted | حرج |
| 17 | كَأَنَّمَاka-annamā | as though | — |
| 18 | يَصَّعَّدُyaṣṣaʿʿadu | he (were) climbing | صعد |
| 19 | فِىfī | into | — |
| 20 | ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 21 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 22 | يَجْعَلُyajʿalu | places | جعل |
| 23 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 24 | ٱلرِّجْسَl-rij'sa | the filth | رجس |
| 25 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 26 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 27 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 28 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | believe | أمن |