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)?
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
And removed from you your burden.
And We removed from you your burden
And removed from thee thy burden
Which weighed down your back?
Which had weighed upon your back
The which did gall thy back? -
And have We not raised high your fame?
And raised high for you your repute.
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.