94:1
اَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?
Surah 94 of 114 · Makkah · Juz 30
Surah Ash-Sharh
The Relief
الشرح8 ayahs
Revealed in Makkah
Translation: Saheeh International
About Surah Ash-Sharh
Only eight ayahs long, Makkan, and addressed throughout to the Prophet. The name comes from its opening question about the expansion, sharh, of his chest (94:1). It sits directly after Ad-Duhaa and carries on the same reassurance, moving from what has already been done for him toward what he is to do next.
A burden that had weighed on his back was lifted (94:2, 94:3), and his mention was raised high (94:4). Then the two lines most people know by heart, repeated on purpose and separated only by the connective that opens the first: with hardship comes ease, with hardship comes ease (94:5, 94:6). The surah does not close on comfort. It ends with work: when you have finished, stand up, and turn your longing toward your Lord (94:7, 94:8). The relief described in the first half is not offered as a resting place. It is the reason to begin again.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
94:2
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنْكَ وِزْرَكَ
And We removed from you your burden
94:3
الَّذِیْۤ اَنْقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Which had weighed upon your back
94:4
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ ۟ؕ
And raised high for you your repute.
94:5
فَاِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ یُسْرًا
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
94:6
اِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ یُسْرًا ۟ؕ
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
94:7
فَاِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
94:8
وَاِلٰی رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
Surah Ash-Sharh in the Quran, with the Arabic in IndoPak Nastaleeq, 8 ayahs, translation, word by word meaning and recitation. Recite it offline on your phone with the free Android app.