Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
And We removed from you your burden
And taken off from you your burden,
And removed from thee thy burden
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
Which had weighed upon your back
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
The which did gall thy back? -
Allathee anqada thahraka
And raised high for you your repute.
And exalted for you your esteem?
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Surely with difficulty is ease.
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
With difficulty is surely ease.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
So when you are free, nominate.
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
Faitha faraghta fainsab
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
Waila rabbika fairghab