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Surah 94
Ash-Sharh
The Relief • Mecca • 8 ayahs
الشَّرۡحِ
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Ayah 94:1
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ١
English translation
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?1
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Ayah 94:2
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ٢
English translation
And We removed from you your burden1
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Ayah 94:3
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ٣
English translation
Which had weighed upon your back
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Ayah 94:4
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ٤
English translation
And raised high for you your repute.
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Ayah 94:5
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا٥
English translation
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
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Ayah 94:6
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا٦
English translation
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
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Ayah 94:7
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ٧
English translation
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
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Ayah 94:8
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب٨
English translation
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
About سورۃ الشرح — Surah Ash-Sharh
Surah Ash-Sharh (The Consolation) is chapter 94 of the Quran and contains 8 ayahs. The reader provides Arabic text with Urdu and English translations. Choose an ayah below to open its reference page.
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