Ash-Sharh

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ 1

Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?1

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ 2

And We removed from you your burden1

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ 3

Which had weighed upon your back

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ 4

And raised high for you your repute.

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا 5

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].

إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا 6

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ 7

So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب 8

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.