Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“And my breast will be straitened, and my tongue not proceed; so send Thou for Aaron.

وَيَض۪يقُ صَدْر۪ي وَلَا يَنْطَلِقُ لِسَان۪ي فَاَرْسِلْ اِلٰى هٰرُونَ
Wayadeequ sadree walayantaliqu lisanee faarsil ila haroon
#wordmeaningroot
1wayaḍīquAnd straitensضيق
2ṣadrīmy breastصدر
3walāand not
4yanṭaliquexpresses wellطلق
5lisānīmy tongueلسن
6fa-arsilso sendرسل
7ilāfor
8hārūnaHarun
  • Aisha Bewley

    and that my breast will be constricted and that my tongue will not be free, so send Harun as a Messenger as well.

  • Progressive Muslims

    "And my chest would become tight, and my tongue would not be able to express; so send for Aaron. "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    I shall be embarrassed and I might not speak confidently, so send for Aaron to help me.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “And my breast will be straitened, and my tongue not proceed; so send Thou for Aaron.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "And my chest would become tight, and my tongue would not be able to express; so send for Aaron."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "My chest would become tight, and my tongue would not be able to express; so send for Aaron."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    "I may lose my temper. My tongue gets tied; send for my brother Aaron.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    My heart is constrained, my tongue falters, so delegate Aaron;

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

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

  • Muhammad Asad

    and then my breast will be straitened and my tongue will not be free: send, then, to Aaron.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    My breast is constricted and my tongue is not fluent, so endow Messengership on Aaron.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    "And my chest becomes drawn tight and my mind and my feeling become strained and my tongue becomes restrained from free expression, therefore I pray and beseech You O Allah, my Creator, to send -The Angel Gabriel- to my brother Harun".

  • Bijan Moeinian

    "I may loose my temper. Besides, I have a problem with my tongue (and I cannot deliver an effective speech.) Would you kindly appoint my brother Aaron as my assistant."

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    "And my breast straitens, and my tongue expresses not well. So send for Hârûn (Aaron) (to come along with me).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "My breast will be straitened. And my speech may not go (smoothly): so send unto Aaron.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And ˹so˺ my heart will be broken and my tongue will be tied. So send Aaron along ˹as a messenger˺.

  • Taqi Usmani

    My heart gets straitened, and my tongue is not fluent; so send for Hārūn.

  • Abdul Haleem

    and I will feel stressed and tongue-tied, so send Aaron too;

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and my breast will be straitened, and my tongue will not be loosed; so send to Aaron.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and my breast is straitened, and my tongue is not fluent; send then unto Aaron,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Said he, "My Lord! Verily, I fear that they will call me liar;

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And my breast will be straitened, and my tongue will not be free. (i.e., it will not express well; literally, will not go off freely) So send to Harûn. (Aaron).

  • George Sale

    and lest my breast become straitened, and my tongue be not ready in speaking: Send therefore unto Aaron, to be my assistant.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "My chest may become strained: And my speech may not go smoothly; So send forth (with me) Haroon (Aaron).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `And my bosom straitens, (and my heart fails me), and my tongue is not fluent (for feeling inadequate to deliver the message I am entrusted with), therefore send to Aaron (to help me).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and I will become upset, and my tongue will fail me. So send to Aaron.