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