إِنَّ مَعَ العُسرِ يُسرًا

Indeed ease accompanies hardship.

EXPOSITION

This verse seems to be a repetition of the previous verse, however it does not include the letter fāʾ (thus); so it may imply a general rule after a particular address. Ṭabrisī^{‎[su_tooltip content=”Tabrisi, 10/772.”][1][/su_tooltip]} maintains the same thing and states that the reason for the repetition is to extend the promise of God (that ease accompanies hardship) to all the believers,^{‎[su_tooltip content=”Nemuneh, 27/127.”][2][/su_tooltip]} because following the difficulties of this world, there will be ease in the hereafter. He further adds that perhaps the ease in verse 5 refers to that of this world and the ease in verse 6 refers to the ease in the hereafter. Others have stated that the reason for the repetition of is to emphasise the main message of the verse.^{‎[su_tooltip content=”Ahsan al-Hadith, 12/274; Mizan, 20/315.”][3][/su_tooltip]}

INSIGHTS FROM HADITH

1. ʿAṭāʾ reports from Ibn Abbas that God said: ‘I have created one hardship and two eases, and one hardship can never overcome two eases.’^{‎[su_tooltip content=”Tabrisi, 10/771.”][4][/su_tooltip]}

[1] Tabrisi, 10/772.
[2] Nemuneh, 27/127.
[3] Ahsan al-Hadith, 12/274; Mizan, 20/315.
[4] Tabrisi, 10/771.