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Here is the breakdown of these three expressions. Level 1 "I feel very tired." أَشْعُرُ بِتَعَبٍ شَدِيدٍ Ash'uru bi ta'abin shadīd Word by word: أَشْعُرُ (ash'uru) → I feel بِتَعَبٍ (bi ta'abin) → with tiredness شَدِيدٍ (shadīdin) → severe / intense شَدِيد comes from the root ش د د meaning to tighten or intensify. It describes something strong or extreme. Level 2 "This difficult work has exhausted me." أَتْعَبَنِي هَٰذَا الْعَمَلُ الشَّاقُّ At'abanī hādhā al-'amalu ash-shāqq Word by word: أَتْعَبَنِي (at'abanī) → exhausted me هَٰذَا (hādhā) → this الْعَمَلُ (al-'amalu) → work الشَّاقُّ (ash-shāqqu) → difficult / hard الشَّاقّ shares a root with مَشَقَّة (hardship). Notice the verb came first here for emphasis. Level 3 "A believer is rewarded for the fatigue that afflicts him, even a thornprick." يُؤْجَرُ الْمُؤْمِنُ عَلَى التَّعَبِ الَّذِي يُصِيبُهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ شَوْكَةً Yu'jaru al-mu'minu 'alā at-ta'abi alladhī yuṣībuhu wa law kāna shawkatan Word by word: يُؤْجَرُ (yu'jaru) → is rewarded الْمُؤْمِنُ (al-mu'minu) → the believer عَلَى (alā) → for التَّعَبِ (at-ta'abi) → the fatigue الَّذِي (alladhī) → that which يُصِيبُهُ (yuṣībuhu) → afflicts him وَلَوْ (wa law) → even if كَانَ (kāna) → it was شَوْكَةً (shawkatan) → a thorn وَلَوْ signals a hypothetical condition. Even the smallest affliction carries reward. Click the link in profile to help you understand the Quran without translation 👆
