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Ash-Sharh

English Translation - Hilali and Khan

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{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ}

1. Have We not opened your breast for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)?

{وَوَضَعْنَا عَنْكَ وِزْرَكَ}

2. And removed from you your burden.

{الَّذِي أَنْقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ}

3. Which weighed down your back?

{وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ}

4. And have We not raised high your fame?

{فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا}

5. Verily, along with every hardship is relief,

{إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا}

6. Verily, along with every hardship is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).

{فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ}

7. So when you have finished (your occupation), devote yourself for Allâh’s worship.

{وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ}

8. And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your) intentions and hopes.

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