← The Quran

الشرح

94. Ash-Sharh

The Consolation · Meccan · 8 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

94:1

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ ﴿١﴾

Alam nashraḥ laka ṣadrak

Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,

94:2

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ ﴿٢﴾

Wawaḍaʿnā ʿanka wizrak

And eased thee of the burden

94:3

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ﴿٣﴾

Alladhī anqaḍa ẓahrak

Which weighed down thy back;

94:4

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ ﴿٤﴾

Warafaʿnā laka dhikrak

And exalted thy fame?

94:5

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ﴿٥﴾

Faʾinna maʿa al-ʿusri yusrā

But lo! with hardship goeth ease,

94:6

إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ﴿٦﴾

Inna maʿa al-ʿusri yusrā

Lo! with hardship goeth ease;

94:7

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ ﴿٧﴾

Faʾidhā faraghta fānṣab

So when thou art relieved, still toil

94:8

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب ﴿٨﴾

Waʾilā rabbika fārghab

And strive to please thy Lord.

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.