Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
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)?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
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)?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
And removed from thee thy burden
And removed from you your burden.
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
The which did gall thy back? -
Which weighed down your back?
الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
And have We not raised high your fame?
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).
إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب