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