أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?1
Have We not uplifted your heart for you ˹O Prophet˺,
Ash-Sharh · Surah 94 of 114 · Makkan · 8 verses
Layered translations الشرح
The Relief
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وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
And We removed from you your burden1
relieved you of the burden
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Which had weighed upon your back
which weighed so heavily on your back,
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
And raised high for you your repute.
and elevated your renown for you?1
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
So, surely with hardship comes ease.
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Surely with ˹that˺ hardship comes ˹more˺ ease.1
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
So once you have fulfilled ˹your duty˺, strive ˹in devotion˺,
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
turning to your Lord ˹alone˺ with hope.