Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,
And We removed from you your burden
And removed from thee thy burden
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
And eased thee of the burden
Which had weighed upon your back
The which did gall thy back? -
الذي أنقض ظهرك
Which weighed down thy back;
And raised high for you your repute.
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
And exalted thy fame ?
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
فإن مع العسر يسرا
But lo! with hardship goeth ease,
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
إن مع العسر يسرا
Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
فإذا فرغت فانصب
So when thou art relieved, still toil
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
وإلى ربك فارغب
And strive to please thy Lord.