Ash-Sharh · The Relief

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ ﴿١﴾

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

alam nashraḥ laka ṣadraka

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ ﴿٢﴾

And We removed from you your burden

wawaḍaʿnā ʿanka wiz'raka

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ﴿٣﴾

Which had weighed upon your back

alladhī anqaḍa ẓahraka

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ ﴿٤﴾

And raised high for you your repute.

warafaʿnā laka dhik'raka

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ﴿٥﴾

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

fa-inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran

إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا ﴿٦﴾

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ ﴿٧﴾

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

fa-idhā faraghta fa-inṣab

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب ﴿٨﴾

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

wa-ilā rabbika fa-ir'ghab