Alam nashrah laka sadraka
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Have We not expanded thee thy breast?-
Ash Sharh 1
WawadaAAna AAanka wizraka
And We removed from you your burden
And removed from thee thy burden
Ash Sharh 2
Allathee anqada thahraka
Which had weighed upon your back
The which did gall thy back?-
Ash Sharh 3
WarafaAAna laka thikraka
And raised high for you your repute.
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
Ash Sharh 4
Fainna maAAa alAAusri yusran
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Ash Sharh 5
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Ash Sharh 6
Faitha faraghta fainsab
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
Ash Sharh 7
Waila rabbika fairghab
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.
Ash Sharh 8