قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى ٢٥
qāla rabbi ish'raḥ lī ṣadrī
25. [Moses] said, "My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance]
Rabbi ishrah li sadri: the supplication of Musa transliteration
رب اشرح لي صدري: دعاء موسى
Rabbi ishrah li sadri: the supplication of Musa (Surah Taha (20), verses 25 to 28) in transliteration: the 4 verses in Arabic, in Latin letters and in English. Play the recitation to follow the pronunciation word by word.
Rabbi ishrah li sadri: the supplication of Musa: translation and explanation The whole of Surah Taha in transliteration
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
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
wayassir lī amrī
26. And ease for me my task
وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى ٢٧
wa-uḥ'lul ʿuq'datan min lisānī
27. And untie the knot from my tongue
يَفْقَهُوا۟ قَوْلِى ٢٨
yafqahū qawlī
28. That they may understand my speech.
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