Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
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?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
And removed from thee thy burden
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
And We removed from you your burden
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
The which did gall thy back? -
Allathee anqada thahraka
Which had weighed upon your back
الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
And raised high for you your repute.
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
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].
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
Waila rabbika fairghab
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب