Tafsir al-Tustari — ash-Sharh 94:7

So when you are finished, toil,�[When you have completed] the prescribed prayer (ṣalāt), and you are seated, toil towards your Lord, and return to Him as you were before [the existence] of the natural self, before the appearance of the creation, alone with the One alone, a secret with a secret.� Hence, God granted him […]

Tafsir al-Tustari — ash-Sharh 94:1

Did We not expand your breast for you?He said:�Did We not dilate your breast for you, with the light of the Message (risāla), and make it a mine for the spiritual realities (maʿdan li�l-ḥaqāʾiq)?�He [further] said:The first expansion takes place through the light of Islam, just as He has said, Exalted is He, Whomever God […]

Tafsir al-Tustari — ash-Sharh 94:2

[and did We not] relieve you of the burden?He said:This means: �We removed from you any acquiescence (sukūn) in other than Us, [that might arise] from the desire (himma) of the natural self, and We have made you peacefully reliant on Us, receiving [all] from Us, through Us.�His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsir al-Tustari — ash-Sharh 94:4

Did We not exalt your mention?He said:�We linked your name with Our name in the call to prayer (adhān) and the profession of the divine oneness (tawḥīd). Furthermore, a servant�s faith is not accepted until he believes in you.� His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsir al-Tustari — ash-Sharh 94:5

So truly with hardship comes ease,He said:God, Exalted is He, has magnified the state of hope (rajāʾ) in this verse out of His generosity (karam) and His hidden grace (khafī luṭfihi), and thus He mentions ease twice. Indeed, the Prophet said, �Hardship (ʿuṣr) will not overwhelm the two eases.� By this he meant: the discernment […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — ash-Sharh 94:7

Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Meaning of opening the Breast Allah says, أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ (Have We not opened your breast for you) meaning, `have We not opened your chest for you.’ This means, `We illuminated it, and […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — ash-Sharh 94:8

Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Meaning of opening the Breast Allah says, أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ (Have We not opened your breast for you) meaning, `have We not opened your chest for you.’ This means, `We illuminated it, and […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — ash-Sharh 94:2

Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Meaning of opening the Breast Allah says, أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ (Have We not opened your breast for you) meaning, `have We not opened your chest for you.’ This means, `We illuminated it, and […]