أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ ١
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
Read and explore Surah Ash-Sharh (The Relief), the 94th chapter of the Holy Quran. Revealed in Makkah, this 8-ayah Surah reminds believers that ease comes with hardship. Read the Arabic text with English translation, learn the Surah meaning, listen to Quran recitation, and reflect on its message of hope, patience, and Islamic guidance.
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ ١
Did We not expand for you, [O Muhammad], your breast?
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ ٢
And We removed from you your burden
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ٣
Which had weighed upon your back
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ ٤
And raised high for you your repute.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ٥
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا ٦
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ ٧
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب ٨
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
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