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Al-Hijr 97

Ayah 97 of 99 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدۡرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ٩٧

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd verilywalaqad
  2. نَعۡلَمُWe knownaʿlamu
  3. أَنَّكَthat [you]annaka
  4. يَضِيقُ(is) straitenedyaḍīqu
  5. صَدۡرُكَyour breastṣadruka
  6. بِمَاby whatbimā
  7. يَقُولُونَthey sayyaqūlūna

Tafsir

We know that your heart, O Messenger, is constrained by the rejection and mockery of you that emanates from them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran