ش ر ح sh-r-ḥ
شَرَحَ
sharaḥa
(lit., to slice meat or iron something out; hence, to expand, relieve); to relieve someone’s heart.
Definition
- 1شَرَحَsharaḥato expand, open, relieve one’s heart5
Total uses in the Qur’an: 5
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
يَشْرَحْ · شَرَحْنَا
فَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُۥ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَٰمِ وَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُۥ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُۥ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًۭا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّجْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Whoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his heart to Islam.
6:125draft glosses: 28 of 28
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Have We not relieved your heart for you, O Prophet?
94:1draft glosses: 8 of 8
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed