Al Sharh

Transliteration

1 Alam nashrah laka sadraka

Shakir

1 Have We not expanded for you your breast,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Have We not opened your breast for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)?

Transliteration

2 WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka

Shakir

2 And taken off from you your burden,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And removed from you your burden.

Transliteration

3 Allathee anqada thahraka

Shakir

3 Which pressed heavily upon your back,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 Which weighed down your back?

Transliteration

4 WarafaAAna laka thikraka

Shakir

4 And exalted for you your esteem?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And have We not raised high your fame?

Transliteration

5 Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran

Shakir

5 Surely with difficulty is ease.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Verily, along with every hardship is relief,

Transliteration

6 Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran

Shakir

6 With difficulty is surely ease.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).

Transliteration

7 Faitha faraghta fainsab

Shakir

7 So when you are free, nominate.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.

Transliteration

8 Waila rabbika fairghab

Shakir

8 And make your Lord your exclusive object.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.