Al Sharh
Chapter 94, 8 verses
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Transliteration
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Shakir
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Pickthall
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Yusuf Ali
Transliteration
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Shakir
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,
Yusuf Ali
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Transliteration
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
Shakir
And taken off from you your burden,
Pickthall
And eased thee of the burden
Yusuf Ali
And removed from thee thy burden
Transliteration
Allathee anqada thahraka
Shakir
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
Pickthall
Which weighed down thy back;
Yusuf Ali
The which did gall thy back? -
Transliteration
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
Shakir
And exalted for you your esteem?
Pickthall
And exalted thy fame ?
Yusuf Ali
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
Transliteration
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Shakir
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Pickthall
But lo! with hardship goeth ease,
Yusuf Ali
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Transliteration
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Shakir
With difficulty is surely ease.
Pickthall
Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
Yusuf Ali
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Transliteration
Faitha faraghta fainsab
Shakir
So when you are free, nominate.
Pickthall
So when thou art relieved, still toil
Yusuf Ali
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
Transliteration
Waila rabbika fairghab
Shakir
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
Pickthall
And strive to please thy Lord.
Yusuf Ali
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.