Al Sharh
Chapter 94, 8 verses
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Transliteration
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Yusuf Ali
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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Arabic
Transliteration
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Yusuf Ali
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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)?
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Transliteration
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
Yusuf Ali
And removed from thee thy burden
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And removed from you your burden.
Transliteration
Allathee anqada thahraka
Yusuf Ali
The which did gall thy back? -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Which weighed down your back?
Transliteration
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
Yusuf Ali
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And have We not raised high your fame?
Transliteration
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Yusuf Ali
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
Arabic
فإن مع العسر يسرا
Transliteration
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Yusuf Ali
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
Arabic
إن مع العسر يسرا
Transliteration
Faitha faraghta fainsab
Yusuf Ali
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
Transliteration
Waila rabbika fairghab
Yusuf Ali
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.