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وَيَض۪يقُ صَدْر۪ي وَلَا يَنْطَلِقُ لِسَان۪ي فَاَرْسِلْ اِلٰى هٰرُونَ

Wayadeequ sadree walayantaliqu lisanee faarsil ila haroon

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

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

  • The Monotheist Group

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

  • Edip-Layth

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

  • 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.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    "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

    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, [this Thy command] to Aaron.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

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

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    "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

    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 [Your messenger] to Aaron.