أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?
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Surah 94 · Meccan · 8 ayat
The Relief
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
And We removed from you your burden
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Which had weighed upon your back
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
And raised high for you your repute.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
Sources. Arabic text: Tanzil.net Uthmani text via the Quran.com API (KFGQPC Uthmani Hafs). Tajweed markup: Quran.com. Translations: Saheeh International (© Dar Abul Qasim Publishing House, 1997), displayed via the Quran.com API; Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an (1934) and M. M. Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), both public domain. Recitation: everyayah.com, by the reciters credited in the player.
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