Chapter 94, 8 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Have We not opened your breast for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)?
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
And taken off from you your burden,
And removed from you your burden.
الذي أنقض ظهرك
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
Which weighed down your back?
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
And exalted for you your esteem?
And have We not raised high your fame?
فإن مع العسر يسرا
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
إن مع العسر يسرا
With difficulty is surely ease.
Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
فإذا فرغت فانصب
So when you are free, nominate.
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
وإلى ربك فارغب
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.