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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And whoever He wills to misguide, He makes his chest narrow and constricted, as if he were climbing into the sky"?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: What is meant by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the skyوَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِي السَّمَاءِ
[Al-An'am 6:125]


Answer:
It is clear that Allah expands the chest of the Muslim and widens it to accept the truth and find comfort in it. As for the one whom He wills to misguide—meaning a cosmic will—the one He wills to misguide has his chest made narrow; he does not accept the truth and does not take pleasure in the truth. This is apparent in the disbelievers and the hypocrites; they do not want the truth, but rather they want falsehood, and their chests expand for falsehood. As for the truth, their chests become very narrow. Yes, like one who climbs into the sky, because it is impossible for a human being to climb into the sky; that is only for birds. So guidance is far from him, as far as it is for a human being to climb to the sky by himself. As for climbing by airplane, that is not climbing by himself; he is climbing in an airplane. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2049- 4717] ما المراد بقوله تعالى: ومن يرد أن يضله يجعل صدره ضيقا حرجا كأنما يصعد في السماء؟ — youtube.com

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