Have We not expanded for you your breast,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
And taken off from you your burden,
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
And removed from thee thy burden
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
الذي أنقض ظهرك
The which did gall thy back? -
And exalted for you your esteem?
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
Surely with difficulty is ease.
فإن مع العسر يسرا
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
With difficulty is surely ease.
إن مع العسر يسرا
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
So when you are free, nominate.
فإذا فرغت فانصب
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
وإلى ربك فارغب
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.