Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
And We removed from you your burden
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
And removed from thee thy burden
Which had weighed upon your back
الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
الذي أنقض ظهرك
The which did gall thy back? -
And raised high for you your repute.
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
فإن مع العسر يسرا
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
إن مع العسر يسرا
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ
فإذا فرغت فانصب
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب
وإلى ربك فارغب
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.