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The Holy Quran · 94

Ash-Sharh (The Relief)

الشرح

8 ayahs · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast? 2. And We removed from you your burden 3. Which had weighed upon your back 4. And raised high for you your repute. 5. For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. 6. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. 7. So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship]. 8. And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

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About Surah Ash-Sharh: place, order and how to read it

Surah Ash-Sharh (The Relief) is chapter 94 of the Quran and has 8 verses, making it a short surah. It was revealed in Mecca, before the migration to Medina, and it is number 12 in the chronological order of revelation. It falls in juz 30. It occupies one page of the mushaf, from page 596 to page 596.

Where it sits in the mushaf

It is preceded by Surah Ad-Duhaa and followed by Surah At-Tin. Like every surah except At-Tawbah, it opens with the Basmalah. This surah contains no verse of prostration.

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