أَلَمۡ نَشۡرَحۡ لَكَ صَدۡرَكَ (1)
Have We not expanded thee thy breast
سُوْرَةُ الشَّرْحِ
The Consolation
Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
أَلَمۡ نَشۡرَحۡ لَكَ صَدۡرَكَ (1)
Have We not expanded thee thy breast
وَوَضَعۡنَا عَنكَ وِزۡرَكَ (2)
And removed from thee thy burden
ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهۡرَكَ (3)
The which did gall thy back
وَرَفَعۡنَا لَكَ ذِكۡرَكَ (4)
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا (5)
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرࣰ ا (6)
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief
فَإِذَا فَرَغۡتَ فَٱنصَبۡ (7)
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرۡغَب (8)
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention