Ash-Sharh (The Relief)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ﴿١﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Word-by-word meaning
أَلَمْalamHave not
نَشْرَحْnashraḥWe expanded
لَكَlakafor you
صَدْرَكَṣadrakayour breast
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.The Meaning of opening the BreastAllah 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.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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