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Az-Zumar 22

Ayah 22 of 75 · Meccan

أَفَمَن شَرَحَ ٱللَّهُ صَدۡرَهُۥ لِلۡإِسۡلَٰمِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦۚ فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡقَٰسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مِّن ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ٢٢

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَفَمَنSo is (one for) whomafaman
  2. شَرَحَAllah has expandedsharaḥa
  3. ٱللَّهُAllah has expandedl-lahu
  4. صَدۡرَهُۥhis breastṣadrahu
  5. لِلۡإِسۡلَٰمِfor Islamlil'is'lāmi
  6. فَهُوَso hefahuwa
  7. عَلَىٰ(is) uponʿalā
  8. نُورٖa lightnūrin
  9. مِّنfrommin
  10. رَّبِّهِۦۚhis Lordrabbihi
  11. فَوَيۡلٞSo woefawaylun
  12. لِّلۡقَٰسِيَةِto (those are) hardenedlil'qāsiyati
  13. قُلُوبُهُمtheir heartsqulūbuhum
  14. مِّنfrommin
  15. ذِكۡرِ(the) remembrance of Allahdhik'ri
  16. ٱللَّهِۚ(the) remembrance of Allahl-lahi
  17. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  18. فِي(are) infī
  19. ضَلَٰلٖerrorḍalālin
  20. مُّبِينٍclearmubīnin

Tafsir

Then is the person whose heart Allah has opened to Islam and he is guided to it with insight from his Lord, like the one whose heart is hardened against Allah’s remembrance? They can never be equal. Salvation is for those who are guided and loss is for those whose hearts are hardened against Allah’s remembrance. Such people are in clear misguidance from the truth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran