بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
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)?
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Chapter 94, 8 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
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)?
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
And removed from you your burden.
And taken off from you your burden,
الذي أنقض ظهرك
Allathee anqada thahraka
Which weighed down your back?
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
And have We not raised high your fame?
And exalted for you your esteem?
فإن مع العسر يسرا
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
Surely with difficulty is ease.
إن مع العسر يسرا
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
With difficulty is surely ease.
فإذا فرغت فانصب
Faitha faraghta fainsab
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
So when you are free, nominate.
وإلى ربك فارغب
Waila rabbika fairghab
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
And make your Lord your exclusive object.