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)?
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
And taken off from you your burden,
And removed from you your burden.
And removed from thee thy burden
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
Which weighed down your back?
The which did gall thy back? -
And exalted for you your esteem?
And have We not raised high your fame?
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
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).
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
So when you are free, nominate.
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.