94 - The Relief
The Meaning of opening the Breast
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.
A Discussion of Allah's Favor upon His Messenger Concerning Allah's statement,
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.'
The Meaning of opening the Breast
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.
A Discussion of Allah's Favor upon His Messenger Concerning Allah's statement,
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.'
The Meaning of opening the Breast
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.
A Discussion of Allah's Favor upon His Messenger Concerning Allah's statement,
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.'
The Meaning of opening the Breast
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.
A Discussion of Allah's Favor upon His Messenger Concerning Allah's statement,
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.'
The Meaning of opening the Breast
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.
A Discussion of Allah's Favor upon His Messenger Concerning Allah's statement,
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.'
The Meaning of opening the Breast
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.
A Discussion of Allah's Favor upon His Messenger Concerning Allah's statement,
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.'
The Meaning of opening the Breast
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.
A Discussion of Allah's Favor upon His Messenger Concerning Allah's statement,
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.'
The Meaning of opening the Breast
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.
A Discussion of Allah's Favor upon His Messenger Concerning Allah's statement,
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.'