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Ash-Sharhالشرح

The Consolation · 8 verses · Meccan

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Eight verses and twenty-seven words: did We not expand your breast for you, and remove the burden that weighed on your back. Then the same sentence twice — with hardship comes ease — and a closing instruction that when you have finished, stand up for something else.

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94:1

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

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Easy-read (simplified)alam nashrah laka sadrak

DIN 31635ʾalam našraḥ laka ṣadraka

The translators word this verse differently

Did We not soothe your heart?

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Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Have we not expanded for thee thy breast

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

HAVE we not OPENED thine heart for thee

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Have We not opened thy breast

George Sale · published 1734

Sources

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
  • Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 1930
  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

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94:2

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wawada'naa 'anka wizrak

DIN 31635wawaḍaʿnā ʿanka wizraka

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And lift from you your burden.

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And eased thee of the burden

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and set down from thee thy load

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And taken off from thee thy burden

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and eased thee of thy burden

George Sale · published 1734

Sources

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
  • Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 1930
  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

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94:3

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ

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Easy-read (simplified)alladhee anqada zahrak

DIN 31635allaḏī ʾanqaḍa ẓahraka

Which weighed down your back?

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Which weighed down thy back

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

which galled thy back

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Which galled thy back

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

which galled thy back

George Sale · published 1734

Sources

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
  • Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 1930
  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

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94:4

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

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Easy-read (simplified)warafa'naa laka dhikrak

DIN 31635warafaʿnā laka ḏikraka

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And raised for you your reputation?

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And exalted thy fame

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and exalted for thee thy renown

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And have we not raised thy name for thee

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and raised thy reputation for thee

George Sale · published 1734

Sources

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
  • Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 1930
  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

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94:5

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

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Easy-read (simplified)fa'inna ma'a l-'usri yusraa

DIN 31635faʾinna maʿa l-ʿusri yusran

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With hardship comes ease.

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But lo! with hardship goeth ease

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, with difficulty is ease

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Then verily along with trouble cometh ease

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily a difficulty shall be attended with ease

George Sale · published 1734

Sources

In-depth analysis →

  • Talal Itani · 2012
  • Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 1930
  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

in a signed study →

94:6

إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

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Easy-read (simplified)inna ma'a l-'usri yusraa

DIN 31635ʾinna maʿa l-ʿusri yusran

The translators word this verse differently

With hardship comes ease.

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Lo! with hardship goeth ease

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

verily, with difficulty is ease

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Verily along with trouble cometh ease

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily a difficulty shall be attended with ease

George Sale · published 1734

Sources

In-depth analysis →

  • Talal Itani · 2012
  • Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 1930
  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

in a signed study →

94:7

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ

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Easy-read (simplified)fa'idhaa faraghta faansab

DIN 31635faʾiḏā faraġta fānṣab

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When your work is done, turn to devotion.

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So when thou art relieved, still toil

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And when thou art at leisure then toil

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But when thou art set at liberty, then prosecute thy toil

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

When thou shalt have ended thy preaching, labour to serve God in return for his favours

George Sale · published 1734

Sources

In-depth analysis →

  • Talal Itani · 2012
  • Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 1930
  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

in a signed study →

94:8

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'ilaa rabbika farghab

DIN 31635waʾilā rabbika farġab

The translators word this verse differently

And to your Lord turn for everything.

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And strive to please thy Lord

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and for thy Lord do thou yearn

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And seek thy Lord with fervour

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and make thy supplication unto thy Lord

George Sale · published 1734

Sources

In-depth analysis →

  • Talal Itani · 2012
  • Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · 1930
  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

in a signed study →

Arabic textTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

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Translations Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com