فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Ash-Sharh was revealed while the Prophet ﷺ carried the weight of a hostile city; ease is joined to the hardship itself.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/94/5
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Quran verses about hardship
Ayat for tight places — ease fastened to difficulty, a way out promised to the mindful, and words given to say when the blow lands.
The Quran never pretends life is light. It opens one surah with the blunt question: do people think they will be left to say 'we believe' without being tested? But it answers the question with the same directness — hardship carries ease inside it, mindfulness is promised a way out of every tight place, and the person struck by loss is given exact words to stand on. These seven ayat are rendered from Niyat's verified Quran text files, Arabic and translation alike, with the build asserting byte-identity against the source. Read each in context through the quran.com link on its card; the closing section connects these verses to duas for calamity.
The verses
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
The same sentence repeated for emphasis: with the hardship, indeed, comes ease.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/94/6
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۭ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ
Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."
The verse records the words of those struck by trial — 'we belong to Allah and to Him we return' — and follows them with blessing and mercy.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/2/156
فَإِذَا بَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ فَارِقُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍۢ وَأَشْهِدُوا۟ ذَوَىْ عَدْلٍۢ مِّنكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَٰدَةَ لِلَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ يُوعَظُ بِهِۦ مَن كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ مَخْرَجًۭا
And when they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or part with them according to acceptable terms. And bring to witness two just men from among you and establish the testimony for [the acceptance of] Allah. That is instructed to whoever should believe in Allah and the Last day. And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out
At-Talaq promises whoever is mindful of Allah a way out of every tight place, and provision from where it is not expected.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/65/2
أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوٓا۟ أَن يَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ
Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?
Al-'Ankabut opens with the question put to people who assume faith will go untested.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/29/2
وَلَا تَهِنُوا۟ وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا۟ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَوْنَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true] believers.
A short command given after the setback at Uhud: do not weaken and do not grieve, for the believers are above if they are believers indeed.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/3/139
قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُوا۟ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
He said, "I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah, and I know from Allah that which you do not know.
Yaqub, grieving his sons, says he complains of his anguish and grief to Allah alone — the verse sits inside the Yusuf narrative.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/12/86
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Open the library →Frequently asked questions
Which surah says with hardship comes ease?
Surah Ash-Sharh (94), verses 5 and 6. Both are quoted in the cards above in Arabic with translation, and linked at quran.com.
What words does the Quran give when a calamity strikes?
Quran 2:156 records the words 'Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.' A related supplication asking for recompense in calamity is recorded in Sahih Muslim 918 and is in Niyat's dua library.
Does the Quran promise a way out of difficulty?
Quran 65:2 promises whoever is mindful of Allah a way out and provision from unexpected places. The verse is quoted in full in the fourth card.