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