Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Haben Wir dir nicht deine Brust aufgetan
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)?
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Haben Wir dir nicht deine Brust aufgetan
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)?
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
And taken off from you your burden,
und dir deine Last abgenommen,
And removed from you your burden.
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
die deinen Rücken niederdrückte,
Which weighed down your back?
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
And exalted for you your esteem?
und dir dein Ansehen erhöht?
And have We not raised high your fame?
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Also gewiß, mit der Erschwernis ist Erleichterung,
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
With difficulty is surely ease.
gewiß, mit der Erschwernis ist Erleichterung.
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 ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
So when you are free, nominate.
Wenn du nun fertig bist, dann strenge dich an
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
und nach deinem Herrn richte dein Begehren aus.
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب