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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

﴿أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ - وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ - الَّذِى أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ - وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ - فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْراً - إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْراً - فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ - وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ ﴾


1. Have We not opened your breast for you
2. And removed from you your burden
3. Which weighed down your back
4. And have We not raised high your fame
5. Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
6. Verily, along with every hardship is relief.
7. So when you have finished, devote yourself to Allah's worship.
8. And to your Lord turn intentions and hopes.
Allah says,
﴿أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ ﴾

(Have We not opened your breast for you) meaning, `have We not opened your chest for you.' This means, `We illuminated it, and We made it spacious, vast and wide.' This is as Allah says,

﴿فَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلإِسْلَـمِ﴾

(And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam.) (6:125) And just as Allah expanded his chest, He also made His Law vast, wide, accommodating and easy, containing no difficulty, hardship or burden.


﴿وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ ﴾

(And removed from you your burden.) This means

﴿لِّيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ﴾

(That Allah may forgive you your sins of the past and the future.) (48:2)

﴿الَّذِى أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ﴾

(Which weighed down your back) Al-Inqad means the sound. And more than one of the Salaf has said concerning Allah's saying,
﴿الَّذِى أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ﴾

(Which weighed down your back) meaning, `its burden weighed heavy upon you.'



My boat has been rocking so vigorously and I am now in one of those moments when you sincerely ask from Allah for strength, down on your knees and all until you can not go any lower. So many things are trying to tip me off the boat now and this surah is one of my loyal company whenever I am in one of those situations. 

Right now I feel as helpless as I have back in 2010. 

He has illuminated my heart with Islam, so I must believe that this will pass. This, too, shall pass.

According to an ancient Sufi story, there once lived a king in a Middle Eastern land. The king was continuously torn between happiness and despondency  The smallest things could make him really upset or give him an intense emotional reaction, so his happiness easily turned into disappointment and despair.  
One day the king got tired of himself and started seeking a way out. He sent for a wise man living in his kingdom. The wise man was reputed for being enlightened. When he arrived, the king said to him, 
"I want to be like you. Can you bring me something that give balance, peace and serenity in my life? I will pay whatever price you like."
The wise man replied,  
"I may be able to help you, but the price is so great that not even your kingdom would be enough payment for it. Therefore I will give it to you as a gift, if you will honor it." 
The king gave his assurances, and the wise man left. A few weeks later he returned, and handed the king an ornate box carved in jade. The king opened the box, and found a simple gold ring inside. The inscription on the ring read, This, too, shall pass. 
"What is the meaning of this?" asked the king.  
The wise man replied, 
"Wear this ring always. Whatever happens, before you call it good or bad, touch the ring and read the inscription. That way, you will always be at peace."


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