Al Sharh

Shakir

1 Have We not expanded for you your breast,

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,

Yusuf Ali

1 Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -

Shakir

2 And taken off from you your burden,

Pickthall

2 And eased thee of the burden

Yusuf Ali

2 And removed from thee thy burden

Shakir

3 Which pressed heavily upon your back,

Pickthall

3 Which weighed down thy back;

Yusuf Ali

3 The which did gall thy back? -

Shakir

4 And exalted for you your esteem?

Pickthall

4 And exalted thy fame ?

Yusuf Ali

4 And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?

Shakir

5 Surely with difficulty is ease.

Pickthall

5 But lo! with hardship goeth ease,

Yusuf Ali

5 So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:

Shakir

6 With difficulty is surely ease.

Pickthall

6 Lo! with hardship goeth ease;

Yusuf Ali

6 Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.

Shakir

7 So when you are free, nominate.

Pickthall

7 So when thou art relieved, still toil

Yusuf Ali

7 Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,

Shakir

8 And make your Lord your exclusive object.

Pickthall

8 And strive to please thy Lord.

Yusuf Ali

8 And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.