Meccan · 8 verses الشرح

Ash-Sharh 94

The Opening Up · ✓

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How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).

How to read the Hangul

beginning비기닝 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.

About this surah

Classed as a Meccan sura, its eight verses begin by reminding the one addressed of what God has done for him, in the form of questions: did We not expand your breast, remove the burden that weighed upon your back, and raise your renown high? The centre of the sura is a single sentence stated twice in a row, in verses 5 and 6: 'Indeed with hardship comes ease.' Both times the wording places ease together 'with' hardship. The last two verses give a short instruction: when you have finished one task, exert yourself again, and turn your longing toward your Lord. The sura moves from recalling help already received, to hope in the middle of difficulty, to continued effort directed toward God.

• An opened breast
• A lifted burden
• Ease with hardship
• Continued effort toward God

The name It is named from verse 1, 'Did We not expand for you your breast?' — ash-Sharh means the opening up or expanding.

Start with 94:1 · 94:5 · 94:6

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   أَلَمْ알람 نَشْرَحْ나시^r라흐 لَكَ라카 صَدْرَكَ사드^r락

   Did디드 We위 not낫 expand익스팬드 for^f포 you유 your요 breast,브^r레스트

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2. 2

   وَوَضَعْنَا와와다으나 عَنْكَ안카 وِزْرَكَ위즈^r락

   and앤드 remove^r리무^v브 from^f프^r럼 you유 your요 burden,버든

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3. 3

   الَّذِي알라^ð디 أَنْقَضَ안까다 ظَهْرَكَ^ð다흐^r락

   which위치 had해드 weighed웨이드 upon어판 your요 back,백

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4. 4

   وَرَفَعْنَا와^r라^f파으나 لَكَ라카 ذِكْرَكَ^ð디크^r락

   and앤드 raised^r레이즈드 high하이 for^f포 you유 your요 renown?^r리나운

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5. 5

   فَإِنَّ^f파인나 مَعَ마알 الْعُسْرِ우스^r리 يُسْرًا유스^r라

   For^f포 indeed인디드 with위^ð드 hardship하드쉽 comes컴즈 ease.이즈

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6. 6

   إِنَّ인나 مَعَ마알 الْعُسْرِ우스^r리 يُسْرًا유스^r라

   Indeed인디드 with위^ð드 hardship하드쉽 comes컴즈 ease.이즈

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7. 7

   فَإِذَا^f파이^ð다 فَرَغْتَ^f파^r라그타 فَانْصَبْ^f판삽

   So소우 when웬 you유 are아 free,^f프^r리 then^ð덴 exert이그젓 yourself,여셀^f프

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8. 8

   وَإِلَىٰ와일라 رَبِّكَ^r랍비카 فَارْغَبْ^f파^r르갑

   and앤드 to투 your요 Lord로드 direct더^r렉트 your요 longing.롱잉

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