Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
And removed from thee thy burden
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
And taken off from you your burden,
The which did gall thy back? -
Allathee anqada thahraka
الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
And exalted for you your esteem?
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
With difficulty is surely ease.
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
Faitha faraghta fainsab
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ
So when you are free, nominate.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
Waila rabbika fairghab
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب
And make your Lord your exclusive object.