Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Have We not expanded for you your 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)?
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Have We not expanded for you your 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)?
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
And removed from thee thy burden
And taken off from you your burden,
And removed from you your burden.
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
The which did gall thy back? -
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
Which weighed down your back?
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
And exalted for you your esteem?
And have We not raised high your fame?
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
With difficulty is surely ease.
Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
So when you are free, nominate.
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
And make your Lord your exclusive object.
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب