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The Ocean of the Quran

Chapter 94 of 114

Al-Sharḥ · Opening

8 versesMeccanPublished · 8 of 8 verses

Read from the beginning

سُورَةُ الشرح

About this chapter

Sūrat al-Sharḥ or al-Inshirāḥ or A-lam Nashraḥ consists of eight verses. There is a difference of opinion whether it was revealed in Mecca or Medina, although Tabatabai is of the opinion that the style of the verses is more in line with those revealed in Medina.

The introduction sets out when the chapter came and what it addresses; the merits gather what the narrations say of reading it. Both are written as units of the tafsir, with their own footnotes.

IntroductionWhat the chapter is about, and when it cameMeritsWhat the narrations say of reading it

The verses

Each with the first line of its translation

Verses you have read are marked; the one you are on is shaded

  1. 1 Did We not open your breast for you?
  2. 2–3 And relieve you of your burden
  3. 4 Did We not exalt your name?
  4. 5 Indeed ease accompanies hardship.
  5. 6 Indeed ease accompanies hardship.
  6. 7 So when you are done, appoint.
  7. 8 And turn eagerly to your Lord.

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