Ash-Sharh

اَلَمۡ نَشۡرَحۡ لَـكَ صَدۡرَكَۙ‏

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

وَوَضَعۡنَا عَنۡكَ وِزۡرَكَۙ‏

And We removed from you your burden1

الَّذِىۡۤ اَنۡقَضَ ظَهۡرَكَۙ‏

Which had weighed upon your back

وَرَفَعۡنَا لَـكَ ذِكۡرَكَؕ‏

And raised high for you your repute.

فَاِنَّ مَعَ الۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا ۙ‏

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

اِنَّ مَعَ الۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا ؕ‏

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

فَاِذَا فَرَغۡتَ فَانۡصَبۡۙ‏

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

وَاِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَارۡغَب‏

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.