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