Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn Abbas al-Inshirah الشَّرْح (Solace, Consolation, Relief, The Expansion) 8 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Abdel Haleem
Did We not relieve your heart for you [Prophet]
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

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: did We not open your heart for Islam? i.e. did We not soften your heart on the Day of the Covenant through knowledge, understanding, help, reason and certainty, as well as with other things? It is also said this means: did We not expand your heart through prophethood? And the Prophet (pbuh) said: �Yes, indeed!�

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وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
Abdel Haleem
and remove the burde
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

He said again: (And eased thee of the burden) We lifted your sins from you

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الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Abdel Haleem
that weighed so heavily on your back
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Which weighed down thy back?) It is also said: prophethood weighed down your back; And the Prophet (pbuh) said: " Yes, indeed! "

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وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
Abdel Haleem
and raise your reputation high
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(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! "

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فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Abdel Haleem
So truly where there is hardship there is also ease
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

Allah then said to comfort His prophet about his poverty and the hardships he faced, saying: (But lo! with hardship goeth ease,

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إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Abdel Haleem
truly where there is hardship there is also ease
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

Lo! with hardship goeth ease;

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فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ
Abdel Haleem
The moment you are freed [of one task] work on
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

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

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وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب
Abdel Haleem
and turn to your Lord for everything
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And strive to please thy Lord) and ask your needs from your Lord'.

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