Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
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)?
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
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)?
And We removed from you your burden
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
And removed from you your burden.
Which had weighed upon your back
الذي أنقض ظهرك
Which weighed down your back?
And raised high for you your repute.
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
And have We not raised high your fame?
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فإن مع العسر يسرا
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
إن مع العسر يسرا
Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
فإذا فرغت فانصب
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
وإلى ربك فارغب
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.