Al Sharh
Chapter 94, 8 verses
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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Shakir
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Saheeh International
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)?
Shakir
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Saheeh International
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And removed from you your burden.
Shakir
And taken off from you your burden,
Saheeh International
And We removed from you your burden
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Which weighed down your back?
Shakir
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
Saheeh International
Which had weighed upon your back
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And have We not raised high your fame?
Shakir
And exalted for you your esteem?
Saheeh International
And raised high for you your repute.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
Shakir
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Saheeh International
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
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).
Shakir
With difficulty is surely ease.
Saheeh International
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
Shakir
So when you are free, nominate.
Saheeh International
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
Shakir
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
Saheeh International
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.