Ash-Sharh

Did We not relieve your heart for you [Prophet],

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ

alam nashraḥ laka ṣadraka

and remove the burden

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنْكَ وِزْرَكَ

wawaḍaʿnā ʿanka wiz'raka

that weighed so heavily on your back,

الَّذِي أَنْقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ

alladhī anqaḍa ẓahraka

and raise your reputation high?

وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ

warafaʿnā laka dhik'raka

So truly where there is hardship there is also ease;

فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

fa-inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran

truly where there is hardship there is also ease.

إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran

The moment you are freed [of one task] work on,

فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ

fa-idhā faraghta fa-inṣab

and turn to your Lord for everything.

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ

wa-ilā rabbika fa-ir'ghab