الشرح
Ash-Sharh
The Relief
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
And eased thee of the burden
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Which weighed down thy back
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
And exalted thy fame
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
But lo! with hardship goeth ease
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Lo! with hardship goeth ease
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
So when thou art relieved, still toil
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب
And strive to please thy Lord
Arabic text (Uthmani, Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim): Tanzil Project, tanzil.net, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. English translation: "The Meaning of the Glorious Koran", Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, 1930 (public domain).
Audio: Mishary Al-Afasy, courtesy of everyayah.com.