Uplifting the Heart
Ash-Sharḥ
الشرح

LEARNING POINTS
like the past surah, this surah reminds the prophet of more of allah's blessings.
allah has honoured the prophet's name in this life and the next.
allah makes things easy in difficult times.
we should always turn to allah for help.


BACKGROUND STORY
Allah reminds the Prophet that He will continue to support and honour him, even if the people of Makkah continue to challenge him and abuse his namne. Allah has honoured the Prophet's name, making it the most common name in the world. Every time someone accepts Islam, they acknowledge Allah as their Lord and Muhammad as His Prophet. Every time a Muslim prays, they honour him ss and his family in tashahhud. And because of different time zones in the world, there is no minute that goes by without someone making azan some- where, announcing that there is only One God and Muhammad is His Messenger. He % will be honoured in the Next Life as well. Some of us would brag if they had a few hundred or thousand followers on social media. The Prophet is followed by more than 1.8 billion peo ple, who didn't even see or meet him. Still they love him and honour his legacy.

WORDS OF WISDOM
Based on the understanding of verses 5-6 below, every difficulty comes with two forms of ease. For example, if someone loses their job, Allah gives them patience and blesses them with another (maybe better) job.
MORE SUPPORT FOR THE PROPHET
1Have We not lifted up your heart for you O Prophet', 2removed from you the load 3that was so heavy on your back,' 4and honoured your name for you? 5So, surely With hardship comes ease. 6Surely with 'that hardship comes 'more' ease. 7So once you have done 'your duties? do your best 'in worship', 8turning to your Lord 'alone' with hope.
أَلَمۡ نَشۡرَحۡ لَكَ صَدۡرَكَ 1وَوَضَعۡنَا عَنكَ وِزۡرَكَ 2ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهۡرَكَ 3وَرَفَعۡنَا لَكَ ذِكۡرَكَ 4فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا 5إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرٗا 6فَإِذَا فَرَغۡتَ فَٱنصَبۡ 7وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرۡغَب8
Verse 7: Such as teaching people about Islam.
Verse 8: Meaning that Allah has made the challenges that he s faced easy for him with many people accepting Islam and helping him out with his mission.