Al Sharh

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1 Alam nashrah laka sadraka

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)?

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2 WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And removed from you your burden.

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3 Allathee anqada thahraka

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 Which weighed down your back?

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4 WarafaAAna laka thikraka

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And have We not raised high your fame?

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5 Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Verily, along with every hardship is relief,

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6 Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran

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).

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7 Faitha faraghta fainsab

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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8 Waila rabbika fairghab

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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