The Consolation
The opening recalls the lifting of a burden and leads to the association of hardship with ease. Observe the sequence of reassurances. Read without turning the passage into a promise that every difficulty ends on a timetable we choose.
Based on Quran 94:1–5. Original study prompt, not a complete tafsir. Compare the passage ↗English Translation - Noor International Center · QuranEnc.com · v1.1.2 ↗
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
(1) Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?[1944]
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
(2) And We removed from you your burden[1945]
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
(3) Which had weighed upon your back
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
(4) And raised high for you your repute.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
(5) For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا
(6) Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
(7) So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب
(8) And to your Lord direct [your] longing.