Al Sharh

Yusuf Ali

1 Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -

Shakir

1 Have We not expanded for you your breast,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 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)?

Yusuf Ali

2 And removed from thee thy burden

Shakir

2 And taken off from you your burden,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And removed from you your burden.

Yusuf Ali

3 The which did gall thy back? -

Shakir

3 Which pressed heavily upon your back,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 Which weighed down your back?

Yusuf Ali

4 And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?

Shakir

4 And exalted for you your esteem?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And have We not raised high your fame?

Yusuf Ali

5 So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:

Shakir

5 Surely with difficulty is ease.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Verily, along with every hardship is relief,

Yusuf Ali

6 Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.

Shakir

6 With difficulty is surely ease.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).

Yusuf Ali

7 Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,

Shakir

7 So when you are free, nominate.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.

Yusuf Ali

8 And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.

Shakir

8 And make your Lord your exclusive object.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.