Whomever Allah desires to guide, He opens his breast to Islam, and whomever He desires to lead astray, He makes his breast narrow and straitened as if he were climbing to a height. Thus does Allah lay [spiritual] defilement on those who do not have faith.
پس كسى را كه خدا بخواهد هدايت نمايد، دلش را به پذيرش اسلام مى‌گشايد؛ و هر كه را بخواهد گمراه كند، دلش را سخت تنگ مى‌گرداند؛ چنانكه گويى به زحمت در آسمان بالا مى‌رود. اين گونه، خدا پليدى را بر كسانى كه ايمان نمى‌آورند قرار مى‌دهد.