قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى ٢٥
25. [Moses] said, "My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance]
Rabbi ishrah li sadri: the supplication of Musa
رب اشرح لي صدري: دعاء موسى
Rabbi ishrah li sadri: the supplication of Musa is found in the Quran: Surah Taha (20), verses 25 to 28. Read the Arabic text with its translation and explanation, and listen to it verse by verse.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى ٢٦
26. And ease for me my task
وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى ٢٧
27. And untie the knot from my tongue
يَفْقَهُوا۟ قَوْلِى ٢٨
28. That they may understand my speech.
Explanation: Al-Mukhtasar
20:25. Moses (peace be upon him) said: Lord, expand my breast for me so that I can bear the difficulty.
20:26. Make my task easy.
20:27. Give me the ability to speak eloquently.
20:28. So that they understand my speech when I convey Your message to them.
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