![]() ![]() Before his call he never had to encounter the conditions which he suddenly had to encounter after it, when he embarked on his mission of inviting the people to Islam. The aim and object of this Surah too is to console and encourage Muhammad. ![]() According to Abdullah bin Abbas, it was sent down in Makkah just after wad-Duha. Its subject matter so closely resembles that of Surah Ad-Duha that both these Surah seem to have been revealed in about the same period under similar conditions. Conversely, the reader is asked to continue their work diligently, even when it grows simple again - for God Himself is what you are working for. This may indeed be the key phrase of this sura it is repeated in lines 5 and 6. In fact, whatever personal sorrows this may bring to mind, 'Surely, with each difficulty there is ease'. ![]() The passage asks the reader, who is Muhammad specifically, if God has been a comfort and a remover of obstacles. Sura Ash-Sharhh was revealed in Mecca, around 611 CE. ![]()
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