30 – ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd narrated to us; Shuʿbah informed us; from Muʿāwiyah ibn Qurrah, from a transmitter who related it to him, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, who said: “If hardship were to enter a hole in the ground, ease would follow it in until it joined it there.” He then added: “Allah, the Exalted, says: ‘For indeed, with hardship comes ease; indeed, with hardship comes ease.’ (al-Sharḥ 94:6)”