Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
And taken off from you your burden,
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
And We removed from you your burden
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
Allathee anqada thahraka
الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Which had weighed upon your back
And exalted for you your esteem?
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
And raised high for you your repute.
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
With difficulty is surely ease.
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
So when you are free, nominate.
Faitha faraghta fainsab
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
Waila rabbika fairghab
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.