Chapter 94, 8 verses
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
And We removed from you your burden
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
And taken off from you your burden,
And removed from thee thy burden
Which had weighed upon your back
الذي أنقض ظهرك
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
The which did gall thy back? -
And raised high for you your repute.
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
And exalted for you your esteem?
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فإن مع العسر يسرا
Surely with difficulty is ease.
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
إن مع العسر يسرا
With difficulty is surely ease.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
فإذا فرغت فانصب
So when you are free, nominate.
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
وإلى ربك فارغب
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.