Surah Al-Sharh (The Relief) - Chapter 94:

Have We not expanded for you, [O Muhammad], your breast? And We removed from you your burden, which had weighed upon your back. And raised high for you your repute. For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship]. And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

It reminds believers to turn to Allah in times of hardship and express their longing and devotion to Him.


Before long, the children who had become Rukia's makeshift family began to meet tragic fates, one after another, casting a somber shadow over their once tightly-knit group. Each loss left a profound impact on Rukia, carving scars upon her heart and etching the harsh realities of their world into her soul.

Dango, whose youthful spirit had been extinguished by the cruel grip of malnourishment, was the first to slip away. It happened on a stormy night when the heavens wept torrents of rain upon their fragile shelter. In the dim candlelight, Rukia clutched Dango's frail form in her arms, tears streaming down her cheeks. It was the first time she had ever cried since her days as a street urchin had begun.

Kaku, a courageous boy with a boundless curiosity, met his untimely end next. An infected wound, earned during a fateful encounter with a menacing Hollow in the depths of the forest while foraging for fruits, proved to be his undoing. Rukia watched helplessly as the brave glimmer in his eyes dimmed, and the world lost one of its most intrepid souls.

Then came the tragic demise of Tsukiro, a child of remarkable grace and agility. Tsuki had been hunting for fish by the tranquil lake, his lithe form gliding gracefully through the water like a silver shadow. But on that fateful day, misfortune seized him by the hand, and he was swallowed by the murky depths, never to resurface again. The once-playful ripples of the lake bore witness to his tragic end.

Each loss was a painful reminder of the precariousness of life in Hanging Dog, where survival was an unforgiving dance with death.