Quran glossary · draft

شرح

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To open out the breast so that its inward disposition becomes receptive to a commitment.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 5

Roots: شرح

Lemmas: شرح

Forms: شَرَحَ · يَشْرَحْ · ٱشْرَحْ · نَشْرَحْ

Occurrence examples (5 of 5)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.

6:125

فَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُۥ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَٰمِ وَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُۥ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُۥ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّجْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

16:106

مَن كَفَرَ بِٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِيمَٰنِهِۦٓ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُۥ مُطْمَئِنٌّۢ بِٱلْإِيمَٰنِ وَلَٰكِن مَّن شَرَحَ بِٱلْكُفْرِ صَدْرًا فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

20:25

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى

39:22

أَفَمَن شَرَحَ ٱللَّهُ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَٰمِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْقَٰسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مِّن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

94:1

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All five occurrences were inspected together. Every use takes the breast as its affected domain; Islam, disbelief, Moses's mission, and the Prophet's relief specify what the opened inward capacity receives. Tense, mood, and person remain compositional.