Translation: Surah Ash-Sharh (The Relief) سُورَة الشرح
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ ١
Have We not expanded thee thy breast?- (1)
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنْكَ وِزْرَكَ ٢
And removed from thee thy burden (2)
الَّذِي أَنْقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ٣
The which did gall thy back?- (3)
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ ٤
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)? (4)
فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ٥
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief: (5)
إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ٦
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief. (6)
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ ٧
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard, (7)
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ ٨
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention. (8)