(1) 1. Have We not expanded for you (O prophet Muhammad) your chest,
(2) 2. And relieved you of your burden,
(3) 3. Which weighed heavily on your back?
(4) 4. And (have We not) raised high for you your remembrance.
(5) 5. For surely hardship is followed by ease.
(6) 6. Surely hardship is followed by ease.
(7) 7. So when you have finished (your prayer), exert yourself (in supplication).
(8) 8. And to (Allah) your Lord (alone) turn (all) your devotions (with love, hope, and fear).