الشرح

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

alam nashraḥ laka ṣadraka

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

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ

wawaḍaʿnā ʿanka wiz'raka

And We removed from you your burden

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ

alladhī anqaḍa ẓahraka

Which had weighed upon your back

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

warafaʿnā laka dhik'raka

And raised high for you your repute.

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

fa-inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran

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

إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا

inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ

fa-idhā faraghta fa-inṣab

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

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب

wa-ilā rabbika fa-ir'ghab

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.