Surah Al-An'am (6:125)

فَمَنۡ يُّرِدِ اللّٰهُ اَنۡ يَّهۡدِيَهٗ يَشۡرَحۡ صَدۡرَهٗ لِلۡاِسۡلَامِۚ وَمَنۡ يُّرِدۡ اَنۡ يُّضِلَّهٗ يَجۡعَلۡ صَدۡرَهٗ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَاَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِى السَّمَآءِؕ كَذٰلِكَ يَجۡعَلُ اللّٰهُ الرِّجۡسَ عَلَى الَّذِيۡنَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ‏ ۝

Faman yuridi Allahu an yahdiyahuyashrah sadrahu lil-islami waman yurid an yudillahuyajAAal sadrahu dayyiqan harajan kaannamayassaAAAAadu fee assama-i kathalikayajAAalu Allahu arrijsa AAala allatheenala yu/minoon

So whoever Allāh wants to guide - He expands his breast to contain Islām; and whoever He wants to send astray - He makes his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky. Thus does Allāh place defilement upon those who do not believe.

Tadabbur (Reflection)

Theme of the Ayat

The Barriers to Guidance: God grants clarity to those He wills and seals the hearts of those who reject.

The Insight

God opens the heart of those He wills to Islam, and seals the hearts of those who persist in error, making them tight and constricted. **Guard your heart's receptivity.** Recognize that faith is a gift. Sincere submission expands the heart to receive light, while stubborn denial closes it to all truth.