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