Al-Qur'an Surah Ash-Shu'ara Verse 13

Mufti Taqi Usmani

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

Dr. 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˺.

Ruwwad Translation Center

and I will feel distressed and my tongue will not be fluent, so send Aaron along [to help me].

A. J. Arberry

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

Abdul Haleem

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

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And my breast straiteneth, and my tongue moveth not quickly: so send for Harun.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Abul Ala Maududi

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

Ahmed Ali

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

Ahmed Raza Khan

“I feel hesitant, and my tongue does not speak fast, therefore make Haroon also a Noble Messenger.”

Ali Quli Qarai

and I will become upset and my tongue will fail me. So send for Aaron [to join me].

Ali Ünal

"And my breast will be constricted (so that I fail to show the necessary perseverance and tolerance), and my tongue will not be free (to convey Your Message with the right fluency), so appoint Aaron as a Messenger beside me.

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).

English Literal

And my chest narrows/tightens and my tongue/speech does not speak/clarify, so send to Aaron .

Faridul Haque

“I feel hesitant, and my tongue does not speak fast, therefore make Haroon also a Noble Messenger.”

Hamid S. Aziz

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

Hilali & Khan

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

Maulana Mohammad Ali

He said: My Lord, I fear that they will reject me.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And by breast straitens, and my tongue is not eloquent, therefore send Thou to Haroun (to help me);

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

I feel nervous and my tongue is not fluent, so send Aaron with me.

Qaribullah & Darwish

and my chest will become constricted and my tongue will not be loosed (in my speech), therefore, send to Aaron.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

"And my breast straitens, and my tongue expresses not well. So send for Harun."

Wahiduddin Khan

and "my breast is straitened and my tongue is not fluent; so send Aaron as well;

Talal Itani

And I become stressed, and my tongue is not fluent, so send Aaron too.

Tafsir jalalayn

and that anguish will constrain my breast, because of their denial of me, and that my tongue will not utter clearly, to deliver the Message, because of the knot in it. So give the Mission to, my brother, Aaron, alongside me.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ