Surah ad-Duha and ash-Sharh Explained: With Hardship Comes Ease

About this video

Why was Surah ad-Duha sent down, and what does 'with hardship goeth ease' really promise? This calm, sourced explainer reads Surah ad-Duha and Surah ash-Sharh together: the short pause in revelation and Allah's reply, an honesty note on how long that pause really was, three favours that become three duties, why the verse says 'with' and not only 'after', and the hadith of the believer who gives thanks and is patient. Framing is drawn, with attribution, from Ibn Kathir, al-Qurtubi, Ibn Hajar, Maulana Maududi's Tafhim al-Qur'an and Dr Israr Ahmed's Bayan-ul-Qur'an.

Chapters

1. 0:00Surah ash-Sharh · 94:5–6
2. 0:21Why ad-Duha came down
3. 0:41Honesty note · how long was the pause?
4. 1:16Surah ad-Duha · 93:1–5
5. 1:45Surah ad-Duha · 93:6–8
6. 2:13Three favours, three duties · 93:9–11
7. 2:42Surah ash-Sharh · 94:1–4
8. 3:03Surah ash-Sharh · 94:5–6
9. 3:34Between the two: thanks and patience
10. 4:03Surah ash-Sharh · 94:7–8
11. 4:25Recap
12. 4:36Tonight

Sources in this video

• Qur'an 93:1–11, 94:1–8, 42:52, 65:7
• Sahih Muslim 1797a, 2999
• Sahih al-Bukhari 4950, 4983, 5641–5642
• Tafsir Ibn Kathir on 93:1–3, 93:6–11, 94:1, 94:5–8
• Tafsir al-Qurtubi on 93:3
• Ibn Hajar, Fath al-Bari 8/580–581
• Tafhim al-Qur'an, Surah 93 intro and nn.3, 7, 10; Surah 94 intro and nn.4–5 (Maududi)
• Bayan-ul-Qur'an (Urdu ed.) vol. 7 pp.492–494 (Dr Israr Ahmed)