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