Surah Sharh ayat 4 Tafsir Quran 94:4

﴿وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ﴾
[ الشرح: 4]

94:4 And raised high for you your repute.

Did We not exalt your mention? For you are mentioned where I God am mentioned in the call announcing the time for prayer adhān in the second call to perform the prayer iqāma in the witnessing ‘there is no god but God Muhammad is His Messenger’ tashahhud in the Friday sermon and in other instances.

And did We not praise your name to fame (that you are being mentioned by others with admiration, adoration and commendation)

Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Meaning of opening the Breast Allah 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.' This is as Allah says, فَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلإِسْلَـمِ ( And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam. ) ( 6:125 ) And just as Allah expanded his chest, He also made His Law vast, wide, accommodating and easy, containing no difficulty, hardship or burden. A Discussion of Allah's Favor upon His Messenger Concerning Allah's statement, وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ ( And removed from you your burden. ) This means لِّيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ ( That Allah may forgive you your sins of the past and the future. ) ( 48:2 ) الَّذِى أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ( Which weighed down your back ) Al-Inqad means the sound.
And more than one of the Salaf has said concerning Allah's saying, الَّذِى أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ( Which weighed down your back ) meaning, `its burden weighed heavy upon you.' The Meaning of raising the Fame of the Prophet ( Peace be upon him ) وَرَفَعۡنَا لَكَ ذِكۡرَكَ ( And have We not raised high your fame? ) Mujahid said, "I ( Allah ) am not remembered except that you are remembered with Me: I bear witness that there is no God worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad ﷺ is the Messenger of Allah." Qatadah said , "Allah raised his fame in this life and in the Hereafter.
There is no one who gives a sermon, declares the Testimony of Faith ( Shahadah ), or prays a prayer ( Salah ) except that he proclaims it: I bear witness that there is no God worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad ﷺ is the Messenger of Allah. Ease after Difficulty إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرً۬ا • فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا ( Verily along with every hardship is relief.
Veriliy along with every hardship is relief ) Allah informs that with difficulty there is ease, and then He reaffirms this information ( by repeating it ) The Command to remember Allah during Spare Time فَإِذَا فَرَغۡتَ فَٱنصَبۡ • وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرۡغَب ( So when you have finished, devote yourself to Allah's worship.
And to your Lord turn intentions and hopes.
) Meaning, 'when you have completed your worldly affairs and its tasks, and you have broken away from its routine, then get up to perform the worship, and stand for it with zeal, complete devotion and purify your intention and desire for your lord.' Similar to this is the Prophet's statement in a hadith that is agreed-upon to be authentic, لَا صَلَاةَ بِحَضْرَةِ الطَّعَامِ, وَلَا هُوَ يُدَافِعُهُ الأَخْبَثَانِ There is no prayer when the food is served, nor when the two foul things ( excrement and urine ) are pressing a person. The Prophet ( صلى الله عليه و سلم ) also said, إِذَا أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَحَضَرَ الْعَشَاءُ فَبْدَأُوا بِااْلْعَشَاءِ When the prayer has started and the dinner has been served, then begin with dinner. Mujahid said concerning this Ayah, "When you are free from the worldly affairs, and you have stood to pray, then stand up for your Lord."

(94:4) And did We not exalt your fame? *3

And raised high for you your repute. meaning

*3) This was said at a time when o one could even conceive how the renown of the one unique individual who had only a few followers confined only to the city of Makkah, would be exalted throughout the world, and what high fame he would achieve.
But Allah Almighty gave His Messenger ( upon whom be peace ) this good news under those very conditions and then fulfilled it in a strange way.
In the first place, he took from his enemies themselves the task of exalting his renown.
One of the methods that the disbelievers of Makkah adopted to defeat his mission was that in the Hajj season when the pilgrims from every corner of Arabia were attracted to their city, they would visit them at their halting places and would warn them to beware of a dangerous man called Muhammad ( upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings ), who they alleged, worked such magic on the people that father was separated from son, brother from brother, and husband from wife; therefore, they should keep away from him, The same thing they said to all other people, who visited Makkah on other than Hajj days in connection with pilgrimage or on other business.
In this way although they were trying to defame the Holy Prophet, yet the result was that his name reached every nook and comer of Arabia and the enemies themselves.
took him out of his seclusion in Makkah and introduced him among all the tribes of the country.
After this, it was but natural that .'the people should become curious to know as to who was this man, what he preached, what was his character like and who were the people influenced by his magic and what sort of effect his " magic " had on them.
As the propaganda of the Makkan disbelievers spread the people's curiosity also grew.
When as a result of this curiosity the people came to know of the Holy Prophet's morals, his character and conduct, when they heard the Qur'an and found what teachings it presented and when the people saw how different the lives of those who had been influenced by what was being described as .magic had become from the lives of the common Arabs, the bad name started being changed into good name.
So much so that by the time the Hijrah took place there was perhaps no tribe left anywhere in Arabia from which one or another person, one or another clan had not accepted Islam and in which at least some people had not developed sympathy and interest in the Holy Prophet and his message.
This was the first stage of the exaltation of his renown.
Then from the Hijrah started the second stage in which on the one hand the hypocrites, the Jews and the prominent polytheists of Arabia were actively engaged in defaming him and on the other the Islamic State of Madinah was presenting such a practical model of God-worship, God consciousness, piety and devotion, purity of morals and community life, justice and equity, equality of man and man, generosity of the rich, care of the poor, fulfilment of pledges and promises and righteousness in dealings, which was conquering the hearts, The enemies tried by resort to war to impede the growing influence of the Holy Prophet, but the party of the believers, trained and developed under his own leadership, proved its superiority by their discipline, their bravery, their fearlessness of death, and their adherence to restrictions of morality even in the state of war; so convincingly that entire Arabia had to recognize it as a power to be reckoned with.
Within ten years the Holy Prophet's renown become so exalted that the same land in which the opponents had exerted their utmost to defame him, reverberated with the slogan of Ash hadu anna Muhammad ar-Rasul Allah from one end to the other.
Then the third stage commenced with the establishment of the righteous Caliphate when his holy name started eing mentioned and praised everywhere in the world.
This process continues till today, nd will continue till Resurrection if Allah so wills.
Wherever in the world there exists a settlement of the Muslims, the apostleship of Muhammad ( Upon whom be Allah's peace ) is being proclaimed aloud in the call to the Prayer five times a day, blessings of Allah are being invoked on him in the Prayers, and his sacred remembrance is being made in the Friday Sermons.
There is no moment in the 12 months of the year and in the 24 hours of the day when at one or another place in the world, the oly Prophet's holy name is not being mentioned.
This is a clear proof of the truth of the Qur'an that when in the initial stage of the Prophet hood Allah proclaimed wa rafa `na Iaka dhikrak, no one could estimate and imagine with what esteem and to what great extent the Holy Prophet's renown would be exalted.
In a Hadith Hadrat Abu Sa`id Khudri has reported that the Holy Prophet ( upon whom be peace ) said: " Gabriel came to me and said: My Lord and your Lord asks: In what ways have I exalted your renown? I submitted: Allah alone has the best.
knowledge.
He said: Allah says: Whenever mention 1S made of Me, yon too will be mentioned along with Me. " ( Ibn Jarir, lbn Abi Hatim, Musnad Abu Ya`la, Ibn al-Mundhir, Ibn Hibban Ibn Marduyah, Abu Nu`aim ).
The whole later history stands witness that this prediction has proved literally true.

 

Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Meaning of opening the Breast Allah 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.' This is as Allah says, فَمَن يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلإِسْلَـمِ ( And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam. ) ( 6:125 ) And just as Allah expanded his chest, He also made His Law vast, wide, accommodating and easy, containing no difficulty, hardship or burden. A Discussion of Allah's Favor upon His Messenger Concerning Allah's statement, وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ ( And removed from you your burden. ) This means لِّيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ ( That Allah may forgive you your sins of the past and the future. ) ( 48:2 ) الَّذِى أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ( Which weighed down your back ) Al-Inqad means the sound.
And more than one of the Salaf has said concerning Allah's saying, الَّذِى أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ( Which weighed down your back ) meaning, `its burden weighed heavy upon you.' The Meaning of raising the Fame of the Prophet ( Peace be upon him ) وَرَفَعۡنَا لَكَ ذِكۡرَكَ ( And have We not raised high your fame? ) Mujahid said, "I ( Allah ) am not remembered except that you are remembered with Me: I bear witness that there is no God worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad ﷺ is the Messenger of Allah." Qatadah said , "Allah raised his fame in this life and in the Hereafter.
There is no one who gives a sermon, declares the Testimony of Faith ( Shahadah ), or prays a prayer ( Salah ) except that he proclaims it: I bear witness that there is no God worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad ﷺ is the Messenger of Allah. Ease after Difficulty إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرً۬ا • فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا ( Verily along with every hardship is relief.
Veriliy along with every hardship is relief ) Allah informs that with difficulty there is ease, and then He reaffirms this information ( by repeating it ) The Command to remember Allah during Spare Time فَإِذَا فَرَغۡتَ فَٱنصَبۡ • وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرۡغَب ( So when you have finished, devote yourself to Allah's worship.
And to your Lord turn intentions and hopes.
) Meaning, 'when you have completed your worldly affairs and its tasks, and you have broken away from its routine, then get up to perform the worship, and stand for it with zeal, complete devotion and purify your intention and desire for your lord.' Similar to this is the Prophet's statement in a hadith that is agreed-upon to be authentic, لَا صَلَاةَ بِحَضْرَةِ الطَّعَامِ, وَلَا هُوَ يُدَافِعُهُ الأَخْبَثَانِ There is no prayer when the food is served, nor when the two foul things ( excrement and urine ) are pressing a person. The Prophet ( صلى الله عليه و سلم ) also said, إِذَا أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَحَضَرَ الْعَشَاءُ فَبْدَأُوا بِااْلْعَشَاءِ When the prayer has started and the dinner has been served, then begin with dinner. Mujahid said concerning this Ayah, "When you are free from the worldly affairs, and you have stood to pray, then stand up for your Lord."

( And exalted thy fame ) and raised your voice with the call to prayer, supplication and testification of faith, such that you are mentioned just as I am? And the Prophet ( pbuh ) said: " Yes, indeed! "

And raised high your fame?

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