فَمَن
يُرِدِ
ٱللَّهُ
أَن
يَهۡدِيَهُۥ
يَشۡرَحۡ
صَدۡرَهُۥ
لِلۡإِسۡلَٰمِۖ
وَمَن
يُرِدۡ
أَن
يُضِلَّهُۥ
يَجۡعَلۡ
صَدۡرَهُۥ
ضَيِّقًا
حَرَجٗا
كَأَنَّمَا
يَصَّعَّدُ
فِي
ٱلسَّمَآءِۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
يَجۡعَلُ
ٱللَّهُ
ٱلرِّجۡسَ
عَلَى
ٱلَّذِينَ
لَا
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
١٢٥
Whoever Allah wills to guide, He opens their heart to Islam.1 But whoever He wills to leave astray, He makes their chest tight and constricted as if they were climbing up into the sky. This is how Allah dooms those who disbelieve.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
فَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلإِسْلَـمِ
(And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam;) He makes Islam easy for him and strengthens his resolve to embrace it, and these are good signs. Allah said in other Ayat,
أَفَمَن شَرَحَ اللَّهُ صَدْرَهُ لِلإِسْلَـ
…فَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلإِسْلَـمِ
(And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam;) He makes Islam
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