Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Haben Wir dir nicht deine Brust aufgetan
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)?
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Chapter 94, 8 verses
Have We not expanded thee thy breast? -
Haben Wir dir nicht deine Brust aufgetan
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)?
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
And removed from thee thy burden
und dir deine Last abgenommen,
And removed from you your burden.
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
The which did gall thy back? -
die deinen Rücken niederdrückte,
Which weighed down your back?
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
und dir dein Ansehen erhöht?
And have We not raised high your fame?
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Also gewiß, mit der Erschwernis ist Erleichterung,
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
gewiß, mit der Erschwernis ist Erleichterung.
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 ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
Wenn du nun fertig bist, dann strenge dich an
So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allah's worship.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
und nach deinem Herrn richte dein Begehren aus.
And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب