Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
And taken off from you your burden,
And removed from thee thy burden
Allathee anqada thahraka
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
The which did gall thy back? -
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
And exalted for you your esteem?
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Surely with difficulty is ease.
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
With difficulty is surely ease.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Faitha faraghta fainsab
So when you are free, nominate.
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
Waila rabbika fairghab
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.