Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Have We not expanded for you your breast,
And removed from thee thy burden
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
And We removed from you your burden
And taken off from you your burden,
The which did gall thy back? -
Allathee anqada thahraka
Which had weighed upon your back
Which pressed heavily upon your back,
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
And raised high for you your repute.
And exalted for you your esteem?
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Surely with difficulty is ease.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
With difficulty is surely ease.
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
Faitha faraghta fainsab
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
So when you are free, nominate.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
Waila rabbika fairghab
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
And make your Lord your exclusive object.