Fortress of the Muslim

Hisn al-Muslim 139

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Hisn al-Muslim 139
Arabic hadith text

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ سَهْلَ إِلاَّ مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلاً، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلاً

Translation

O Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy, and You make what is difficult easy whenever You will.

Translation notes
  • وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلاً

    The witness renders al-ḥazn as ‘sorrow’; it can also mean something difficult or hard, which fits the contrast with ease.

    Should al-ḥazn here be rendered as sorrow or as difficulty/hardship?