أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
And We removed from you your burden
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Which had weighed upon your back
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
And raised high for you your repute.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
Ash-Sharh continues the consolation of Ad-Duhaa: did We not expand your breast for you, remove your burden, and raise your renown? At its heart lies the promise generations have leaned on in difficulty, stated twice for certainty: 'Indeed, with hardship comes ease' (94:5–6).
Ash-Sharh (الشرح) means "The Relief" in English. It is chapter 94 of the Holy Quran.
Surah Ash-Sharh has 8 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 596 to 596 of the mushaf.
Surah Ash-Sharh is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.
Ash-Sharh continues the consolation of Ad-Duhaa: did We not expand your breast for you, remove your burden, and raise your renown? At its heart lies the promise generations have leaned on in difficulty, stated twice for certainty: 'Indeed, with hardship comes ease' (94:5–6).