Have We not expanded for you your breast,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
And taken off from you your burden,
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
And We removed from you your burden
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
الذي أنقض ظهرك
Which had weighed upon your back
الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
And exalted for you your esteem?
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
And raised high for you your repute.
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
Surely with difficulty is ease.
فإن مع العسر يسرا
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
With difficulty is surely ease.
إن مع العسر يسرا
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
So when you are free, nominate.
فإذا فرغت فانصب
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
وإلى ربك فارغب
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب