Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
And We removed from you your burden
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
And taken off from you your burden,
Which had weighed upon your back
الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Allathee anqada thahraka
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
And raised high for you your repute.
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
And exalted for you your esteem?
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
With difficulty is surely ease.
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ
Faitha faraghta fainsab
So when you are free, nominate.
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب
Waila rabbika fairghab
And make your Lord your exclusive object.