Ash-Sharh

أَلَمۡ نَشۡرَحۡ لَكَ صَدۡرَكَ ١

Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?1

وَوَضَعۡنَا عَنكَ وِزۡرَكَ ٢

And We removed from you your burden1

ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهۡرَكَ ٣

Which had weighed upon your back

وَرَفَعۡنَا لَكَ ذِكۡرَكَ ٤

And raised high for you your repute.

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا ٥

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

إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرٗا ٦

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

فَإِذَا فَرَغۡتَ فَٱنصَبۡ ٧

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

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرۡغَب ٨

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.