Al Sharh
Chapter 94, 8 verses
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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Pickthall
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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)?
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,
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أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And removed from you your burden.
Pickthall
And eased thee of the burden
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وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Which weighed down your back?
Pickthall
Which weighed down thy back;
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ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And have We not raised high your fame?
Pickthall
And exalted thy fame ?
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وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
Pickthall
But lo! with hardship goeth ease,
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فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
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).
Pickthall
Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
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إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
Pickthall
So when thou art relieved, still toil
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فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
Pickthall
And strive to please thy Lord.
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وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب