Surah 94
الشرح
Ash-Sharh
The Relief
Surah
Which was revealed in Makkah The Meaning of opening the Breast Allah says, (Have We not opened your breast for you) meaning, `have We not opened your chest for you.' This means, `We illuminated it, and We made it spacious, vast and.
Classical references: Ibn Kathir (Abridged).
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged) (94:1).
Last reviewed: 2026-04-10.
This is a short orientation note and does not replace full tafsir.
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?1
And We removed from you your burden1
Which had weighed upon your back
And raised high for you your repute.
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.