The Command for Teachers and Preachers to Remember Allah During Spare Hours فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب (So when you are free [ from collective services ], exert yourself [ in worship ], and towards your Lord turn with eagerness….94:8). The Holy Prophet ﷺ is commanded in these verses that when he has finished […]
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ (And We removed from you your burden that had [ almost ] broken your back…94:2-3). The word wizr literally denotes ‘burden’ and the phrase naqd-uz-zahr means ‘to break one’s back as for instance when a heavy load is put on one’s back, it bends’. This verse signifies that Allah […]
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ (And We removed from you your burden that had [ almost ] broken your back…94:2-3). The word wizr literally denotes ‘burden’ and the phrase naqd-uz-zahr means ‘to break one’s back as for instance when a heavy load is put on one’s back, it bends’. This verse signifies that Allah […]
Commentary It was mentioned at the end of the preceding Surah that twenty-two Surahs from Surah Ad-Duha to the end of the Qur’an are mainly concerned with Divine favours conferred upon the Holy Prophet ‘ and with his greatness. Only a few Surahs are concerned with the conditions of the Hereafter or some other subject. […]
(And exalted thy fame) and raised your voice with the call to prayer, supplication and testification of faith, such that you are mentioned just as I am? And the Prophet (pbuh) said: ” Yes, indeed! “
Allah then said to comfort His prophet about his poverty and the hardships he faced, saying: (But lo! with hardship goeth ease,
Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
So when thou art relieved) when you finish from military expeditions, jihad and fighting, (still toil) in worship; and it is also said this means: when you finish from the prescribed prayers, make supplications
(And strive to please thy Lord) and ask your needs from your Lord’.
And from his narration on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas that he said concerning the interpretation of Allah’s saying (Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate): ‘(Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate) this is in conjunction with His saying (Did He not find thee destitute and enrich (thee)?), and so Allah says: […]