Chapter 94, 8 verses
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Have We not opened your breast for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)?
And We removed from you your burden
And removed from thee thy burden
And removed from you your burden.
Which had weighed upon your back
The which did gall thy back? -
Which weighed down your back?
And raised high for you your repute.
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
And have We not raised high your fame?
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.