OPENING AL-SHARḤ ( الشرح )

1
أَلَم نَشرَح لَكَ صَدرَكَ
TRANSLITERATION

ʾa-lam nashraḥ laka ṣadraka
TRANSLATION

Did We not open your breast for you
2
وَوَضَعنا عَنكَ وِزرَكَ
TRANSLITERATION

wa-waḍaʿnā ʿanka wizraka
TRANSLATION

and relieve you of your burden
3
الَّذي أَنقَضَ ظَهرَكَ
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alladhī ʾanqaḍa ẓahraka
TRANSLATION

which [almost] broke your back?
4
وَرَفَعنا لَكَ ذِكرَكَ
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wa-rafaʿnā laka dhikraka
TRANSLATION

Did We not exalt your name?
5
فَإِنَّ مَعَ العُسرِ يُسرًا
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fa-ʾinna maʿa l-ʿusri yusran
TRANSLATION

Indeed ease accompanies hardship.
6
إِنَّ مَعَ العُسرِ يُسرًا
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ʾinna maʿa l-ʿusri yusran
TRANSLATION

Indeed ease accompanies hardship.
7
فَإِذا فَرَغتَ فَانصَب
TRANSLITERATION

fa-ʾidhā faraghta fa-nṣab
TRANSLATION

So when you are done, appoint,1
Or ‘when you are finished [with prayer], exert yourself [in supplicating to Allah].’
8
وَإِلىٰ رَبِّكَ فَارغَب
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wa-ʾilā rabbika fa-rghab
TRANSLATION

and turn eagerly to your Lord.
← Sura 94