Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
And taken off from you your burden,
And We removed from you your burden
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
And removed from thee thy burden
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
Which had weighed upon your back
الذي أنقض ظهرك
The which did gall thy back? -
And exalted for you your esteem?
And raised high for you your repute.
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
Surely with difficulty is ease.
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فإن مع العسر يسرا
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
With difficulty is surely ease.
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
إن مع العسر يسرا
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
So when you are free, nominate.
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
فإذا فرغت فانصب
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
وإلى ربك فارغب
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.