فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ 10
Translations
We will ease him toward difficulty.
Transliteration
Fasanuyassiruh lil-'usraa
Tafsir (Explanation)
This ayah means 'So We will ease him toward difficulty' or 'We will facilitate for him the path of hardship.' According to Ibn Kathir and Al-Qurtubi, this refers to the person who prioritizes worldly wealth and refuses to give in charity (mentioned in the preceding ayah). Allah will make the difficult path easy for them to follow—meaning He will facilitate their descent into wretchedness and loss. Al-Tabari emphasizes that this is a consequence of rejecting the path of righteousness; those who deny the hereafter and hoard wealth are destined for hardship in the afterlife.
Revelation Context
Surah Al-Layl (Chapter 92) addresses the contrast between those who give in charity and those who withhold. This ayah is part of a passage describing the fate of the miser who denies the final reckoning (verses 8-10). The surah was revealed in Mecca during the early Islamic period, emphasizing moral choices and their consequences in the hereafter.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said: 'Wealth and children are adornments of this worldly life, but the everlasting good deeds are better in reward with your Lord.' (Surah Al-Kahf 18:46, related in context). Additionally, Hadith Qudsi: 'O son of Adam, I was sick and you did not visit Me' (Sahih Muslim 2569) emphasizes the consequences of refusing to help others.
Themes
Key Lesson
This ayah reminds us that rejection of charitable giving and denial of the hereafter have serious spiritual consequences—not as external punishment, but as a natural result of hardening one's heart against righteousness. For modern readers, it encourages reflection on how our financial choices and attitudes toward giving shape not only our eternal destination but also our character and spiritual state in this life.
Related Ayahs
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَرِنَا ٱلَّذَيْنِ أَضَلَّانَا مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ نَجْعَلْهُمَا تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ
And those who disbelieved will [then] say, "Our Lord, show us those who misled us of the jinn and men [so] we may put them under our feet that they will be among the lowest."
فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.
تِلْكَ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُرِيدُونَ عُلُوًّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فَسَادًا ۚ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
That home of the Hereafter We assign to those who do not desire exaltedness upon the earth or corruption. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous.