Surah Ash-Sharh — Word by Word
الشرح
The Relief
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
alam nashraḥ laka ṣadraka
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?
wawaḍaʿnā ʿanka wiz'raka
And We removed from you your burden
alladhī anqaḍa ẓahraka
Which had weighed upon your back
warafaʿnā laka dhik'raka
And raised high for you your repute.
fa-inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
fa-idhā faraghta fa-inṣab
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
wa-ilā rabbika fa-ir'ghab
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.