The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I asked my Lord a question that I wish I had not asked Him. I said, 'My Lord, there were messengers before me. Some of them You made the winds subservient to, and some of them used to bring the dead back to life.'He said, 'Did I not find you an orphan and give you shelter? Did I not find you lost and guide you? Did I not expand your chest for you and remove your burden from you?'I said, 'Yes indeed, my Lord.'"
قال رسول الله ﷺ: سألت ربي مسألة وددت أني لم أسأله، فقلت: يا رب، قد كانت قبلي رسل، منهم من سخرت له الرياح، ومنهم من كان يحيي الموتى، قال: ألم أجدك يتيما فآويتك؟ ألم أجدك ضالا فهديتك؟ ألم أشرح لك صدرك، ووضعت عنك وزرك؟ قلت: بلى يا رب.
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Ibn Abu Hatim narrated it, as found in Tafsir Ibn Kathir (8/430), and Tabarani in Awsat (3664) and in Kabir (11/455), and Hakim (2/526), all of them through routes from Hammad bin Zayd, from Ata bin Saaib, from Saeed bin Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who related it. Its isnad is sahih, and Hammad bin Zayd was among those who heard from Ata bin Saaib before his memory became confused.Hakim said, "This is a hadith with a sahih isnad."Tabarani said in Awsat, "No one narrated this hadith as a raised report from Hammad bin Zayd except Abu Rabi Zahrani and Sulayman bin Ayub, companion of Basri."I say, rather it was also narrated as raised by Abu Umar Hawdi, as found with Ibn Abu Hatim, and Arim Abu Numan, as found with Tabarani in Kabir, and Abdullah bin Jarrah, as found with Hakim, all of them narrating it from Hammad bin Zayd as raised. The raising of the report by these narrators takes precedence over the one who narrated it as stopped.As for His statement, "And We removed from you your burden" [Inshirah 94:2], it means, We eased for you the burdens of prophethood, and made it easy for you to carry out its affairs, and We lightened your intense worry and deep sorrow caused by the polytheists' turning away from Islam, their failure to follow you, their rejection of the truth and guidance you brought, and their persistence in the religion of their forefathers, the religion of shirk and idol worship. Other interpretations have been given, but this one is more correct, more fitting, and more suitable to the station of prophethood.As for His statement, "So indeed, with hardship comes ease" [Inshirah 94:5], "Indeed, with hardship comes ease" [Inshirah 94:6], Ibn Uyayna said, meaning, along with that hardship there is another ease, as in the words of Allah Almighty, "Say, Are you waiting for us except one of the two best outcomes?" [Tawbah 9:52], and hardship will never overcome two eases. Bukhari mentioned this in the Book of Tafsir.