Quran Universe
10:57

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدۡ جَآءَتۡكُم مَّوۡعِظَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَشِفَآءٞ لِّمَا فِي ٱلصُّدُورِ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٞ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Ya ayyuha alnnasu qad jaatkum mawAAithatun min rabbikum washifaon lima fee alssudoori wahudan warahmatun lilmumineena

O mankind, there has to come to you instruction from your Lord and healing for what is in the breasts and guidance and mercy for the believers.

Word by word
  1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO mankind
  2. ٱلنَّاسُO mankind
  3. قَدۡVerily
  4. جَآءَتۡكُمhas come to you
  5. مَّوۡعِظَةٞan instruction
  6. مِّنfrom
  7. رَّبِّكُمۡyour Lord
  8. وَشِفَآءٞand a healing
  9. لِّمَاfor what
  10. فِي(is) in
  11. ٱلصُّدُورِyour breasts
  12. وَهُدٗىand guidance
  13. وَرَحۡمَةٞand mercy
  14. لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَfor the believers
Yunus · 10:57Makkah

Advice, healing, guidance, and mercy, all in one Book.

What the Quran does for the heart

What has come
advicea shield from shameful deeds
healingfor doubts in the chest
guidancefor believers
mercyfor believers
What the Quran is for you
a book to finishpages to get through
a curefor what hurts inside

Ibn Kathir calls this a great favor on all people. The Quran is a warning that shields from shameful deeds, and a cure from suspicion and doubts that cleans the heart. Its guidance and mercy reach those who believe in it firmly.

Your chest feels tight after a bad day. You reach for a show, a snack, a scroll. There is a healing written for what is in your chest. It works best when you actually open it.

The Quran is for rules. For my feelings I need something else.

The Quran was sent as healing for what is inside my chest.

Try this

Next time you feel heavy today, read five verses slowly before anything else.

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Tafsir Ibn Kathir

O mankind! There has come to you good advice from your Lord, and a cure for that which is in your breasts, – a guidance and a mercy for the believers (57)Say: "In the bounty of Allah, and in His mercy; therein let them rejoice." That is better than what (the wealth) they amass (58)

The Qur'an is an Admonition, Cure, Mercy and Guidance

Allah confers a great favor on His creatures in what He has sent down of the Gracious Qur'an to His Noble Messenger . He said:

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ

(O mankind! There has come to you good advice from your Lord.) A warning and a shield from shameful deeds.

وَشِفَاءٌ لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ

(and a cure for that which is in your breasts,) A cure from suspicion and doubts. The Qur'an removes all the filth and Shirk from the hearts.

وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ

(a guidance and a mercy) The guidance and the mercy from Allah are attained through it. This is only for those who believe in it and have firm faith in what it contains. As Allah said:

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

(And We send down of the Qur'an that which is a cure and a mercy to those who believe, and it increases the wrongdoers nothing but loss.)(17:82) and;

قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ

(Say: "It is for those who believe, a guide and a cure.")(41: 44) Allah then said:

قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا

(Say: "In the bounty of Allah, and in His mercy; therein let them rejoice.") rejoice in what has come from Allah. Let them rejoice in the guidance and the religion of the truth. It is better than anything they might rejoice in,

هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ

That is better than what (the wealth) they amass. from the ruins of the world and its vanishing bloom undoubtedly.