بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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أَلَمۡ نَشۡرَحۡ لَكَ صَدۡرَكَ
Have We not expanded thee thy breast Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate Have We not opened your breast for you
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وَوَضَعۡنَا عَنكَ وِزۡرَكَ
And removed from thee thy burden And eased thee of the burden And removed from you your burden
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ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهۡرَكَ
The which did gall thy back Which weighed down thy back Which weighed down your back
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وَرَفَعۡنَا لَكَ ذِكۡرَكَ
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held) And exalted thy fame And have We not raised high your fame
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فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief But lo! with hardship goeth ease Verily, along with every hardship is relief
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إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرࣰ ا
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief Lo! with hardship goeth ease Verily, along with every hardship is relief
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فَإِذَا فَرَغۡتَ فَٱنصَبۡ
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard So when thou art relieved, still toil So when you have finished, devote yourself to Allah's worship
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وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرۡغَب
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention And strive to please thy Lord And to your Lord turn intentions and hopes