Al Sharh
Chapter 94, 8 verses
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Yusuf Ali
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Arabic
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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Word by word
Yusuf Ali
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم نشرح لك صدرك
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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)?
Word by word
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Yusuf Ali
And removed from thee thy burden
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And removed from you your burden.
Word by word
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
Yusuf Ali
The which did gall thy back? -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Which weighed down your back?
Word by word
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Yusuf Ali
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And have We not raised high your fame?
Word by word
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
Yusuf Ali
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Arabic
فإن مع العسر يسرا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
Word by word
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Yusuf Ali
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Arabic
إن مع العسر يسرا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
Word by word
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Yusuf Ali
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
Word by word
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
Yusuf Ali
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
Word by word
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب