# 94. Surah Ash-Sharh, Verse 3 - **Surah:** 94. Surah Ash-Sharh (The Consolation) — سورة الشرح - **Verse:** 3 / 8 · **Juz:** 30 · **Mushaf page:** 596 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ash-sharh/verse-3 ## Arabic اَلَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْقَضَ ظَهْرَكَۙ ## Transcription Allathee anqada thahrak ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley which weighed down your back? ### Progressive Muslims Which had put strain on your back ### Shabbir Ahmed Which would weigh on your back so heavily. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation Which weighed down thy back? ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation Which had put strain on your back? ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament One that burdened your back. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira Which had left you devoid of hope, ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) Which had weighed upon your back ### Muhammad Asad that had weighed so heavily on thy back? ### Marmaduke Pickthall Which weighed down thy back; ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary that had well-nigh broken your back?[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Some of the commentators have interpreted this to mean that before Prophethood, in the days of ignorance, the Prophet (peace be upon him) had happened to commit certain errors because of which he was feeling disturbed, and Allah by sending down this verse consoled and satisfied him, saying that He had forgiven him those errors. But in our opinion it is a grave mistake to interpret this verse thus. In the first place, the word vizr does not necessarily mean a sin, but it is also used for a heavy burden. Therefore, there is no reason why it should in every case be taken in the bad sense. Secondly, the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) life before Prophethood was also so clean and pure that it had been presented in the Quran as a challenge before the opponents. So much so that the Prophet (peace be upon him) was made to point out to the disbelievers: I have already lived a lifetime among you before the revelation of this Quran. (Surah Younus, Ayat 16). And he was also not the type of a person who would commit a sin secretly. God forbid, had he been such a man, Allah would not have been unaware of it, and would not have made him proclaim the thing before the people openly, which He made him proclaim in the above-mentioned verse of Surah Younus, if his person carried the blot of a sin committed secretly. Thus, in fact, in this verse vizr means a heavy burden and it implies the burden of distress, anguish and anxiety that was difficult on his sensitive nature when he saw his nation deeply sunk in ignorance and barbarism. Idols were being worshipped, the community was engrossed in idolatry and polytheistic customs and practices, filth of immorality and indecency prevailed all around, wickedness and corrupt practices were rampant in society, the powerful were suppressing the powerless, girls were being buried alive, tribes were subjecting one another to surprise attacks, and sometimes the wars of vengeance continued for a hundred years at a stretch. No one’s life, property and honor was safe unless he had a strong band at his back. This grieved the Prophet (peace be upon him) but he could find no way to cure the malady. This same anxiety was weighing down his back. Allah by showing him the way to guidance removed its burden from him. Then as soon as he was appointed to the office of Prophethood, he came to know that belief in the doctrine of Tauhid, the Hereafter and Prophethood was the master-key by which each corruption in human life could be eradicated and the way to reform opened in every aspect of life. This guidance from Allah relieved him of his burden and he felt re-assured that by means of it he would not only be able to cure the maladies of Arabia but also of all mankind outside Arabia as well. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab A burden of an immense magnitude, We realize was more than your back could bear; ### Bijan Moeinian …. removing your burden that was pressing your back? ### Al-Hilali & Khan Which weighed down your back? ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali The which did gall thy back?- ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran which weighed so heavily on your back, ### Taqi Usmani that had (almost) broken your back, ### Abdul Haleem that weighed so heavily on your back, ### Arthur John Arberry the burden that weighed down thy back? ### E. Henry Palmer which galled thy back? ### Hamid S. Aziz Which galled your back? ### Mahmoud Ghali Which weighed down your back, ### George Sale which galled thy back; ### Syed Vickar Ahamed The (burden) that did strained your back? ### Amatul Rahman Omar Which had weighed your back down? ### Ali Quli Qarai which [almost] broke your back? ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Ki o (-nun ağırlığı), senin belini çatırdatmıştı! ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Ki o, senin belini bükmüştü; ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali - Biz senin için göğsünü açmadık mı? Senin sırtını çatırdatan yükünü atmadık mı? ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali (2-3) Belini büken yükünü üzerinden kaldırmadık mı? ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Ki zar etmişti bütün zahrını? ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) O sırtında gıcırdamakta olan (ve bu şekilde sana eziyet veren) yükünü? ### Gültekin Onan Ki o, senin belini bükmüştü; ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim (Öyle yükdü ki o) senin sırtına ağır gelmiş, (kemiklerini gıcırdatmış) dı. ### İbni Kesir Ki o senin belini bükmüştü. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı o belini büken (yükü)? ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Ki o belini bükmüştü. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Ki (o, ağırlığından) sırtını çatırdatmıştı! ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Ki o, belini çatırdatmıştı senin. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Ki o yük belini iki büklüm etmişti! ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Belini büken yükünü?[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] İnsanlığın içinde bulunduğu durumun sana verdiği üzüntüyü. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Belini bükmüştü senin. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali O yük, senin belini bükmüştü. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir (2, 3) Belini büken yükünü senden atmıştık. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Belini büken yükünü?[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] İnsanlığın içinde bulunduğu durumun sana verdiği üzüntüyü. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Belini büken yükünü?[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] İnsanlığın içinde bulunduğu durumun sana verdiği üzüntüyü. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali belini büken yükünü?[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] [Nahl 16/127](https://quran.so/16/127)-[128,](https://quran.so/16/128) [Duha 93/7.](https://quran.so/93/7) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | ٱلَّذِىٓ — alladhī | Which | — | | 2 | أَنقَضَ — anqaḍa | weighed upon | نقض — Nun-Kaf-Dad | | 3 | ظَهْرَكَ — ẓahraka | your back | ظهر — Zay-he-Ra | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-ash-sharh/verse-2.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-ash-sharh/verse-4.md Retrieved: 2026-08-12 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.