الـشرح

1 Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?

1 Have We not expanded for you your breast,

1 Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -

2 And We removed from you your burden

2 And taken off from you your burden,

2 And removed from thee thy burden

3 Which had weighed upon your back

3 Which pressed heavily upon your back,

3 The which did gall thy back? -

4 And raised high for you your repute.

4 And exalted for you your esteem?

4 And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?

5 For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

5 Surely with difficulty is ease.

5 So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:

6 Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

6 With difficulty is surely ease.

6 Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.

7 So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

7 So when you are free, nominate.

7 Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,

8 And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

8 And make your Lord your exclusive object.

8 And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.