Ash-Sharh (The Relief)

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Meccan surah Quranic surah

Ash-Sharh (The Relief) is a short Meccan chapter of the Qur’an that offers consolation and reassurance by emphasizing that ease and divine support accompany hardship.

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Label Occurrences
Ash-Sharh (The Relief) canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Meccan surah ⓘ
Quranic surah ⓘ
addresses Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
chronologicalRelationTo often considered revealed after Surah Ad-Duha ⓘ
emphasizes gratitude for divine favors ⓘ
that with hardship comes ease ⓘ
trust in Allah during difficulties ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Al-Inshirah ⓘ
Ash-Sharh (The Relief) ⓘ
Have We Not Opened ⓘ
surface form: Have We Not Expanded

Surah Ash-Sharh ⓘ
surface form: Surat al-Inshirah

The Expansion ⓘ
The Relief ⓘ
hasArabicName Surah Ash-Sharh ⓘ
surface form: سورة الشرح
hasCanonicalStatus part of the standard 114 surahs of the Qur’an ⓘ
hasGenre consolatory revelation ⓘ
hasKeyVerse “Indeed, with hardship [comes] ease” ⓘ
hasKeyVerseRepetition the statement about hardship and ease is repeated twice ⓘ
hasNumberOfVerses 8 ⓘ
hasPlaceOfRevelation Mecca ⓘ
hasPrimaryTheme consolation and reassurance ⓘ
divine support ⓘ
ease accompanying hardship ⓘ
hasRevelationPeriod early Meccan period ⓘ
hasShortLength yes ⓘ
hasSurahNumber 94 ⓘ
hasVerseCountClassification among the shortest surahs ⓘ
instructs to direct longing and hope to Allah ⓘ
to turn to worship after completing tasks ⓘ
isFrequentlyRecitedIn daily prayers ⓘ
isIncludedIn the 30th juz’ of the Qur’an ⓘ
isMemorizedBy many Muslims worldwide ⓘ
isRecitedFor seeking relief from distress ⓘ
spiritual comfort ⓘ
strengthening patience ⓘ
isSubjectOf classical Quranic exegesis (tafsir) ⓘ
contemporary Quranic studies ⓘ
isUsedIn Islamic education for children ⓘ
mentions elevation of the Prophet’s renown ⓘ
removal of burden from the Prophet ⓘ
opensWith “Have We not expanded for you your breast?” ⓘ
partOf Quran ⓘ
surface form: Qur’an
relatedTo Surah Ad-Duha in theme ⓘ
revealedInLanguage Arabic ⓘ
teaches continuous striving followed by worship ⓘ
optimism in the face of trials ⓘ
recognition of past divine favors ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surah Ash-Sharh → name → Ash-Sharh (The Relief) ⓘ
Ash-Sharh (The Relief) → hasAlternativeName → Ash-Sharh (The Relief) ⓘ
subject surface form: Ash-Sharh