Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
And taken off from you your burden,
And We removed from you your burden
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
Which had weighed upon your back
الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Allathee anqada thahraka
And exalted for you your esteem?
And raised high for you your repute.
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
Surely with difficulty is ease.
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
With difficulty is surely ease.
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
So when you are free, nominate.
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ
Faitha faraghta fainsab
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب
Waila rabbika fairghab