Before his call, he never had to encounter the conditions which he suddenly had to encounter after it, when he embarked on his mission of inviting the people to Islam. The aim and object of this Surah too are to console and encourage Muhammad. Conversely, the reader is asked to continue their work diligently, even when it grows simple again - for God, Himself is what you are working for. This may indeed be the key phrase of this sura it is repeated in lines 5 and 6. Whatever personal sorrows this may bring to mind, "Surely, with each difficulty there is ease". The passage asks the reader, who is Muhammad specifically, if God has been a comfort and a remover of obstacles. 5-8 He is exhorted to labour and pray after the mission is ended. 1-4 God made Muhammad’s mission easy to him. Sura Ash-Sharhh was revealed in Mecca, around 611 CE. It is typically assumed that this sura is referring to the early days of Muhammad's prophethood, when he would have been unsure about how his people would receive him.Ī map of Mecca, circa 1790. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier " Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, instead of later in Medina. Al-Inshirāḥ's subject matter seems a continuation of the reassurance and encouragement given in the preceding chapter and so closely resembles it that both these Surah seem to have been revealed in about the same period under similar conditions. They are generally considered to have been revealed around the same time. Because of its subject matter, length, style, and placement in the Qur'an, this sura is often coupled with Surah ad-Dhuha (Sura 93). Al-Inshirāḥ ( Arabic: الإنشراح, “Solace” or “Comfort”), or ash-Sharḥ (Arabic: الشرح, "The Opening-Up of the Breast") is the ninety-fourth chapter ( surah) of the Qur'an, with eight ayat or verses.
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