94:4Before
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ ﴿٤﴾
Wa raf 'ana laka zikrak
And raised high for you your repute.
Quran 94:5-6, with hardship comes ease
Surah Ash-Sharh, ayah 5 to 6: "For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease." Read it in Arabic with transliteration and the Sahih International translation, with the ayah before and after it, and listen to it recited.
94:5This ayah
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ﴿٥﴾
Fa inna ma'al 'usri yusra
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
94:6This ayah
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا ﴿٦﴾
Inna ma'al 'usri yusra
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
94:7After
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ ﴿٧﴾
Fa iza faragh ta fansab
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
Arabic: Tanzil, Uthmani script. English: Sahih International. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid; read from the Arabic when you can.
Meaning and lessons
What Quran 94:5-6 means, in brief
Allah says twice: with hardship comes ease; indeed, with hardship comes ease. Surah Ash-Sharh was revealed in Makkah when the Prophet ﷺ faced great difficulty, and it reminds him of what Allah had already done for him: opening his chest, removing his burden and raising his mention.
Ibn Kathir explains that the repetition is for emphasis and is a promise: ease comes with the hardship, not only after it. He reports the saying "one hardship will not overcome two eases", from the early generations, because in Arabic "the hardship" is definite and the same in both ayat, while "ease" is indefinite and so counts as two. The surah ends: when you are free, keep working, and turn to your Lord with hope.
Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 94:5-6. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.
Lessons from this ayah
- Ease is promised with every hardship.
- One hardship will not overcome two eases.
- Look back at what Allah has already done for you.
- When one task ends, turn to worship and the next good deed.
Where Quran 94:5-6 is in the mushaf
Ayah 5 to 6 of Surah Ash-Sharh (الشَّرۡحِ), "The Consolation", surah 94 of the Quran, a Meccan surah of 8 ayat revealed in Makkah. It is in juz 30 (para 30), hizb 60, on page 596 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 94/6, 94 6 or Quran 94 6.
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Questions
Good to know
What does Quran 94:5-6 say?
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. (Sahih International)
What is Quran 94:5-6 about?
Allah says twice: with hardship comes ease; indeed, with hardship comes ease. Surah Ash-Sharh was revealed in Makkah when the Prophet ﷺ faced great difficulty, and it reminds him of what Allah had already done for him: opening his chest, removing his burden and raising his mention.
Which surah and juz is 94:5-6 in?
It is in Surah Ash-Sharh, surah 94 of the Quran, in juz 30 (para 30), on page 596 of the Madinah mushaf.
What comes before and after 94:5-6?
The ayah before, 94:4, says: "And raised high for you your repute." The ayah after, 94:7, says: "So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship]."