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94. Ash-Sharh · The Consolation

The easing of a burden and the raising of the messenger's remembrance introduce encouragement amid difficulty. A repeated assurance links hardship with ease, while the closing commands turn relief toward renewed effort and desire directed to God.

Updated 20 October 2026Editorial review edition

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Meccan (traditional classification) · 8 verses

Editorial themes: Reassurance · Hardship · Perseverance · Devotion

English: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), public-domain translation. Arabic: Tanzil Project, Uthmani 1.1, used verbatim under its text licence. Text provenance & limitations →

A note on Arabic, English and verse numbering

Tanzil’s Arabic source includes the opening basmala with the first verse of surahs other than 9. Pickthall’s numbered translation includes it at 1:1; at other surah openings it is not repeated within the numbered English verse. This display preserves both source conventions. The Arabic is not a collection of all variant readings.

94:1 Compare translations ↗

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,

94:2 Compare translations ↗

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ

And eased thee of the burden

94:3 Compare translations ↗

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ

Which weighed down thy back;

94:4 Compare translations ↗

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

And exalted thy fame?