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Surah Ash-Sharh


Surah Ash-Sharh (The Expansion) is the 94. surah in Quran.Ash-Sharh surah is listed as the 12. by revelation order.

The meaning of surah Ash-Sharh is The Expansion. In total this surah is consist of 8 auahs. You can read Ash-Sharh by word by word if you would like to examine it in details or click one of the ayahs below to check that ayah only.

It is considered to be a Meccan Surah as it was believed to be revealed in Mecca. This surah takes its name from the word mentioned in the first ayah.

This is another surah directly sent down for prophet Muhammad. This surah gives a similar message as the previous surah. This surah was revealed by Allah to Muhammad to console and encourage him.

There are 2 different meanings for what this surah talks about. First part of the surah could be talking about the daily issues and hardships the prophet had to endure. Another meaning could be that the prophet was burdened due to the effects of the revelations, as revelations put extreme pressure on the human body. The surah ends with telling the prophet that there will always ease after hardship.

94:1
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?
Alam nashrah laka sadrak
ألم نشرح لك صدرك
94:2
And We removed from you your burden
Wa wa d’ana ‘anka wizrak
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
94:3
Which had weighed upon your back
Allazee anqada zahrak
ٱلذى أنقض ظهرك
94:4
And raised high for you your repute.
Wa raf ‘ana laka zikrak
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
94:5
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
Fa inna ma’al usri yusra
فإن مع ٱلعسر يسرا
94:6
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Inna ma’al ‘usri yusra
إن مع ٱلعسر يسرا
94:7
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
Fa iza faragh ta fansab
فإذا فرغت فٱنصب
94:8
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
Wa ilaa rabbika far ghab
وإلى ربك فٱرغب
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