“Indeed, with hardship comes ease.” (Surah Ash-Sharh 94:6)

[Kamaaludeen Al Reewin]

“Indeed, with hardship comes ease.” (Surah Ash-Sharh 94:6)

Whatever you're going through—pain, stress, fear, or struggles—remember it’s not the end. Allah didn’t say after hardship comes ease, He said with it. That means while you're suffering, ease is already being written alongside it. It’s just a matter of time before you see it.

But here’s the thing: ease doesn’t always mean the problem disappears. Sometimes the ease is Allah lifting the hardship completely. Other times, the ease is Him giving you a calm heart, sabr (patience), ridaa (contentment), and strength to carry it without breaking. Both are a form of ease and both are from His mercy.

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said: “If you see the doors of difficulty tightening, know that the door of relief is about to open.”
And Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) said: “The believer is never afflicted with a trial except that Allah gives him through it a blessing he wouldn’t have had without it.”

Don’t rush the relief. Be patient. Make duʿā. Trust that Allah knows what you don’t. You’re not forgotten, and you’re definitely not alone. Stay firm, stay connected to the Qur’an and your Salah. That’s where the real relief starts.

Tawakkul + Sabr = Victory
Hold on. Ease is already on the way, even if it comes wrapped in patience.

 

[cunug3aad]

I mentioned this similarly in another post

The fifth and sixth aayaat are the most notable to me "So indeed with the hardship is ease, indeed with the hardship is ease." Allaah promises that good times are coming after the nebi's struggles, but also that good times will come after anyone's righteous struggles. In the prophet's case, his ease was seeing the kacba and makkah freed of taaghuut, and his qabiil accepting the message. Our ease may not necessarily be in the dunyaa though, as allaah says [وَلَلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ] "And the last (life, the aakhirah) is better for you than the first (life, the dunyaa.)" You righteous ninyahoow will have your comeuppance there

Something that i wanna add that i didn't before is that Allaah repeats the aayah twice placing emphasis on this point, similar to when he uses {كَلَّا كذا ثُمَّ كَلَّا كذا} or {كذا فَكذا ثُمَّ كذا فَكذا} He emphasises points that need to get hammered in by repeating it i.e. muxkamaat aayaat
Therefore this is an important topic, because if people forsake Allaah in their tough times then their struggles are khasaar (the struggle is opportunity for extra ajar)

وَٱلْفَجْرِ ١ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ ٢ وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ ٣ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ٤ هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ١٥ وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ ١٦ كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ١٧ وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ١٨ وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا ١٩ وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا ٢٠ كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا ٢١ وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا ٢٢ وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ٢٣ ​

By the dawn, And by ten nights, And the even and the odd, And the night when it passes. Is [not] in [all] that a [sufficient] oath for one with intellect?
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And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me." But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me." No! But you do not honor the orphan And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor. And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether, And you love wealth with immense love. No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank, And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

 

[Kamaaludeen Al Reewin]

I mentioned this similarly in another post


Something that i wanna add that i didn't before is that Allaah repeats the aayah twice placing emphasis on this point, similar to when he uses {كَلَّا كذا ثُمَّ كَلَّا كذا} or {كذا فَكذا ثُمَّ كذا فَكذا} He emphasises points that need to get hammered in by repeating it i.e. muxkamaat aayaat
Therefore this is an important topic, because if people forsake Allaah in their tough times then their struggles are khasaar (the struggle is opportunity for extra ajar)


By the dawn, And by ten nights, And the even and the odd, And the night when it passes. Is [not] in [all] that a [sufficient] oath for one with intellect?
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And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me." But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me." No! But you do not honor the orphan And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor. And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether, And you love wealth with immense love. No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank, And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

That's deep Akhi. The Qur'an has all the answers but we dont take enough time to understand it. At least for my self i haven't put nearly enough effort that I should.

 

[Taintedlove]

That's deep Akhi. The Qur'an has all the answers but we dont take enough time to understand it. At least for my self i haven't put nearly enough effort that I should.

This is good to see. Seeing too many muslims look to someone else to interpret their own Quran. Creates a high a lack of critical thinking. It's not bad to rely on experts where you fall short but depending on them for everything is lazy.