094- AL-SHARH
EXPANSION
Al-Sharḥ is considered by most commentators to be a Makkan sūrah, most likely revealed immediately after the preceding one. Ibn ʿAbbās is reported to have said that it is Madinan, but this is a minority opinion. Some say only vv. 5–6 were revealed in Madinah. It takes its name from the reference to the expansion of the breast for religion in the first verse. Some maintain that Sūrahs 93 and 94 were originally one sūrah, as the Companions of the Prophet would recite them together in a single prayer cycle (rakʿah) without indicating any separation by citing the basmalah in between them (see 1:1c). Linguistically 94:1 follows the same pattern as 93:6, Did He not find thee . . ., which is also implied in 93:7–8. Thematically both sūrahs speak of the bounties that God has provided the Prophet Muhammad as relief for the difficulties that beset him; those in Sūrah 93 pertain more to external necessities, and those in Sūrah 94 pertain more to spiritual relief. The sūrah begins with another reminder of the blessings that God has bestowed upon the Prophet (vv. 1–4). This is followed by reassurance (vv. 5–6) and the command to exert oneself and turn to God (vv. 7–8).
(source: “The Study Quran” a new translation and commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
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