Have We not expanded for you your breast,
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)?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
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)?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
And taken off from you your burden,
And removed from you your burden.
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
Which weighed down your back?
الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
And exalted for you your esteem?
And have We not raised high your fame?
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
With difficulty is surely ease.
Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
So when you are free, nominate.
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب