أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ ١
alam nashraḥ laka ṣadraka
1. Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?1944
Notes
[1944] i.e., enlighten, assure and gladden your heart with guidance.
Surah Ash-Sharh transliteration
سورة الشرح
Here is Surah Ash-Sharh (“The Relief”) in transliteration: each of its 8 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ ٢
wawaḍaʿnā ʿanka wiz'raka
2. And We removed from you your burden1945
Notes
[1945] By forgiving any errors which you may have committed previously or might commit consequently. "Burden" can also refer to the anxiety experienced by the Prophet (ﷺ) at the beginning of his mission.
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ ٣
alladhī anqaḍa ẓahraka
3. Which had weighed upon your back
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ ٤
warafaʿnā laka dhik'raka
4. And raised high for you your repute.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ٥
fa-inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran
5. For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا ٦
inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran
6. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ ٧
fa-idhā faraghta fa-inṣab
7. So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب ٨
wa-ilā rabbika fa-ir'ghab
8. And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
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