Mūsā عليه السلام · before speaking to someone who frightens you
Expand my chest, ease my task
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Sūrat Taa-Haa
20:25–28 - Extent
- Excerpt within the āyah, shown in full ink against dimmed framing.
- Text
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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةًۭ مِّن لِّسَانِى يَفْقَهُوا۟ قَوْلِى
Rabbi ishraḥ lī ṣadrī wa-yassir lī ʾamrī waḥlul ʿuqdatan min lisānī yafqahū qawlī
English · Marmaduke Pickthall (Moses) said: My Lord! relieve my mind And ease my task for me; And loose a knot from my tongue, That they may understand my saying.
Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Musa dedi ki: "Ey Rabbim! Benim göğsüme genişlik ver, İşimi kolaylaştır, Dilimden düğümü çöz Ki, sözümü iyi anlasınlar.
When and why it was said
In the Qur’an (20:25), Musa begins his supplication by asking Allah to expand his chest.
Qurʾān 20:25-28
Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
He said ‘My Lord expand my breast for me expand it so that it may accommodate the weight of the Divine Message.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com
Reflection
Ask Allah for inner strength when carrying responsibility.