straiten
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S: Do they not see that Allah makes ample provision for whom He pleases, or straitens?
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
S: Who is it that will offer of Allah a goodly gift, so He will multiply it to him manifold, and Allah straitens and amplifies, and you shall be returned to Him.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
You must all have felt how some people’s presence straitens your heart and sews up your mouth.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Whyte, Alexander
S: Allah amplifies and straitens the means of subsistence for whom He pleases; and they rejoice in this world's life, and this world's life is nothing compared with the hereafter but a temporary enjoyment.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
We cannot therefore be surprised if the aesthetical judgment enlarges the heart, while the moral judgment constrains and straitens it.
From Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller by Schiller, Friedrich
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