Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
And We removed from you your burden
And removed from thee thy burden
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
ووضعنا عنك وزرك
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
Which had weighed upon your back
The which did gall thy back? -
Allathee anqada thahraka
الذي أنقض ظهرك
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
And raised high for you your repute.
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
ورفعنا لك ذكرك
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
فإن مع العسر يسرا
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
إن مع العسر يسرا
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
Faitha faraghta fainsab
فإذا فرغت فانصب
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
Waila rabbika fairghab
وإلى ربك فارغب
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب