Surah 94. Asj-Sjarh — The Expansion

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The English text of surah 94 (Asj-Sjarh, “The Expansion”), 8 verses, from the public-domain translation The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1934), shown next to the Arabic original. Read this surah interactively.

Have We not expanded thee thy breast?-

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

And removed from thee thy burden

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ

The which did gall thy back?-

ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ

And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.

إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ

And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب