Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 13 (26:13)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ

Quran 26:13 is ayah 13 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 367 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:13
وَيَضِيقُصَدْرِىوَلَايَنطَلِقُلِسَانِىفَأَرْسِلْإِلَىٰهَٰرُونَ١٣
wayaḍīqu ṣadrī walā yanṭaliqu lisānī fa-arsil ilā hārūna

And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.(13)

Word by word

  1. وَيَضِيقُwayaḍīquAnd straitens
  2. صَدْرِىṣadrīmy breast
  3. وَلَاwalāand not
  4. يَنطَلِقُyanṭaliquexpresses well
  5. لِسَانِىlisānīmy tongue
  6. فَأَرْسِلْfa-arsilso send
  7. إِلَىٰilāfor
  8. هَٰرُونَhārūnaHarun

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