بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ ﴿1﴾
Ahmed Ali
HAVE WE NOT opened up your breast
Ahmed Raza Khan
Did We not widen your bosom?
Arberry
Did We not expand thy breast for thee
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وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ ﴿2﴾
Ahmed Ali
And removed your burden
Ahmed Raza Khan
And relieve you of the burden –
Arberry
and lift from thee thy burden,
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ﴿3﴾
Ahmed Ali
Which had left you devoid of hope,
Ahmed Raza Khan
Which had broken your back?
Arberry
the burden that weighed down thy back?
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ ﴿4﴾
Ahmed Ali
And exalted your fame?
Ahmed Raza Khan
And We have exalted your remembrance for you.
Arberry
Did We not exalt thy fame?
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ﴿5﴾
Ahmed Ali
Surely with hardship there is ease.
Ahmed Raza Khan
So indeed with hardship is ease.
Arberry
So truly with hardship comes ease,
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا ﴿6﴾
Ahmed Ali
With hardship indeed there is ease.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Indeed with hardship is ease.
Arberry
truly with hardship comes ease.'
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ ﴿7﴾
Ahmed Ali
So when you are free work diligently,
Ahmed Raza Khan
So when you finish the prayer, strive in supplication.
Arberry
So when thou art empty, labour,
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب ﴿8﴾
Ahmed Ali
And turn to your Lord with all your love.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And incline towards your Lord.
Arberry
and let thy Lord be thy Quest.