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

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.’^{‎[4]Tabrisi, 10/771.}

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