أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ ١
1. Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?1944
Notes
[1944] i.e., enlighten, assure and gladden your heart with guidance.
Memorize Surah Ash-Sharh
سورة الشرح
Surah Ash-Sharh has 8 verses on one page of the Madinah mushaf (page 596), in juz 30. It is learned in a single portion: listen to it, repeat it, hide it bit by bit, then recite it from memory.
Memorization plan for Surah Ash-Sharh
A single portion. Tap a portion to practise it; its status stays in this browser.
One portion: a few sessions are enough, then spaced reviews.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ ٢
2. And We removed from you your burden1945
Notes
[1945] By forgiving any errors which you may have committed previously or might commit consequently. "Burden" can also refer to the anxiety experienced by the Prophet (ﷺ) at the beginning of his mission.
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ٣
3. Which had weighed upon your back
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ ٤
4. And raised high for you your repute.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ٥
5. For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ٦
6. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ ٧
7. So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب ٨
8. And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
Verses not to confuse
2 verses of Surah Ash-Sharh resemble other verses of the Quran: a classic trap when reciting from memory. The closest ones:
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Ash-Sharh 94:5
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Ash-Sharh 94:6إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Recite what follows from memory. Next verse:
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The method in five steps
- Read and listen
Read the portion while following a reciter, verse by verse, until you can say it without hesitation.
- Repeat
Repeat each verse several times with a pause to say it after the reciter, then join the verses together.
- Hide
Hide one word in three, then two in three, then keep only the first letters, and finally the whole text.
- Recite
Recite from memory: get tested on what follows a random verse, record yourself or recite to someone.
- Review
Come back to each portion the next day, then at longer and longer intervals, and review before learning something new.