Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
And We removed from you your burden
And eased thee of the burden
And removed from thee thy burden
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
Which had weighed upon your back
Which weighed down thy back;
The which did gall thy back? -
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
And raised high for you your repute.
And exalted thy fame ?
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
But lo! with hardship goeth ease,
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
So when thou art relieved, still toil
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
And strive to please thy Lord.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب