Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 97 (15:97)

ٱلْحِجْر

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ

Quran 15:97 is ayah 97 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 267 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:97
وَلَقَدْنَعْلَمُأَنَّكَيَضِيقُصَدْرُكَبِمَايَقُولُونَ٩٧
walaqad naʿlamu annaka yaḍīqu ṣadruka bimā yaqūlūna

And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say.(97)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
  2. نَعْلَمُnaʿlamuWe know
  3. أَنَّكَannakathat [you]
  4. يَضِيقُyaḍīqu(is) straitened
  5. صَدْرُكَṣadrukayour breast
  6. بِمَاbimāby what
  7. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say

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