Chapter 94, 8 verses
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)?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
And removed from you your burden.
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
And taken off from you your burden,
Which weighed down your back?
الذي أنقض ظهرك
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
And have We not raised high your fame?
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
And exalted for you your esteem?
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
فإن مع العسر يسرا
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
إن مع العسر يسرا
With difficulty is surely ease.
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
فإذا فرغت فانصب
So when you are free, nominate.
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
وإلى ربك فارغب
And make your Lord your exclusive object.