الـشرح

1 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)?

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,

2 And removed from you your burden.

2 And eased thee of the burden

3 Which weighed down your back?

3 Which weighed down thy back;

4 And have We not raised high your fame?

4 And exalted thy fame ?

5 Verily, along with every hardship is relief,

5 But lo! with hardship goeth ease,

6 Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).

6 Lo! with hardship goeth ease;

7 So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.

7 So when thou art relieved, still toil

8 And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.

8 And strive to please thy Lord.