الـشرح

1 Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?

1 Have We not expanded for you your breast,

1 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)?

2 And We removed from you your burden

2 And taken off from you your burden,

2 And removed from you your burden.

3 Which had weighed upon your back

3 Which pressed heavily upon your back,

3 Which weighed down your back?

4 And raised high for you your repute.

4 And exalted for you your esteem?

4 And have We not raised high your fame?

5 For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

5 Surely with difficulty is ease.

5 Verily, along with every hardship is relief,

6 Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

6 With difficulty is surely ease.

6 Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).

7 So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

7 So when you are free, nominate.

7 So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.

8 And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

8 And make your Lord your exclusive object.

8 And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.