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وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ
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-Al-Hijr ( الحجر )

Tafsir al-Tustari

And verily We know that your heart is [at times] oppressed by what they say, ! But celebrate the glory of your Lord…That is, ‘Pray to God, Exalted is He, and remember Him’, for it is as if God, Exalted is He, had said to him: ‘If your heart is weighed down because of your proximity to the disbelievers and the calumny of that which they are ascribing to Us in the way of adversaries, rivals and partners through their ignorance and envy, then return to the state of witnessing Us (mushāhada) and proximity to Us (qurb) through remembering Us, truly it is with Us that you have proximity, and it is in remembering and witnessing Us that your happiness [lies]. Furthermore, have forbearance with this [suffering], for in it [that forbearance] is My good pleasure (riḍā). It was related that Moses said: ‘O my Lord! Guide me to an action by which I will gain Your good pleasure.’He continued:Then God sent the revelation to him: ‘O son of ʿImrān, truly My good pleasure is in [subjecting you to] what you detest, [but] you will not be able to bear that.’He then said:Then Moses fell down in prostration, weeping and said: ‘O Lord! You privileged me with [hearing] Your speech, for You did not speak to any human being before me, yet You have not guided me to an action by which I can gain Your good pleasure.’ Then God, Exalted is He, revealed to him saying: ‘Verily My good pleasure is in your contentment with My decree (riḍāʾī fī riḍāka bi-qaḍāʾī).’He was asked about His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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