Ash-Sharh الشرح

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim a-lam nashrah laka sadrak

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

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ

wa-wada'na 'anka wizrak

And We removed from you your burden

الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ

alladhi anqada zahrak

Which had weighed upon your back

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

wa-rafa'na laka dhikrak

And raised high for you your repute.

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

fa-inna ma'a al-'usr yusran

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

inna ma'a al-'usr yusr

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ

fa-idha faraghta fansab

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

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَب

wa-ila rabbak fa-arghab

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.