وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ 2

2 By the night when it becomes still (and complete darkness prevails).

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ 3

3  [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] Your Creator has neither forsaken you, nor is He displeased with you. (Hence, revelations will keep coming to you. This is the worldly Favour for you).

وَلَلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ 4

4        And your Hereafter (or end) will be even better for you than the worldly life (or beginning).

وَلَسَوۡفَ يُعۡطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرۡضَىٰٓ 5

5 And your Creator will soon bestow upon you many Favours (Here and in the Hereafter) and you will be pleased.

أَلَمۡ يَجِدۡكَ يَتِيمٗا فَ‍َٔاوَىٰ 6

6 [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] Did He not find you an orphan, then He gave you refuge?

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلّٗا فَهَدَىٰ 7

7 And He found you unaware (of Islam), then guided you.

وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلٗا فَأَغۡنَىٰ 8

8 And He found you poor, then made you self-sufficient (with contentment).

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقۡهَرۡ 9

9 Hence, don’t be harsh with the orphan.

وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنۡهَرۡ 10

10 And don’t be rude to the beggar.

وَأَمَّا بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثۡ 11

11 And keep mentioning (with gratefulness) the Favours of your Creator (regularly).

أَلَمۡ نَشۡرَحۡ لَكَ صَدۡرَكَ 1

1 Have We not opened your breast (i.e. heart) for you [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!]? (Also see Surah Al-Anam:125).

وَوَضَعۡنَا عَنكَ وِزۡرَكَ 2

2  And have We not removed from you your burden,

ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهۡرَكَ 3

3 Which weighed down your back?

وَرَفَعۡنَا لَكَ ذِكۡرَكَ 4

4 And have We not raised your fame high?

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا 5

5 (Just like We gave you spiritual comfort, there shall be worldly comfort for you too). So, indeed, along with every hardship there is relief.

إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرٗا 6

6 (Since hardships are of many kinds. Hence, this assurance is repeated.) Indeed, along with every hardship there is relief.

فَإِذَا فَرَغۡتَ فَٱنصَبۡ 7

7        Hence, when you are free, then put great effort in worshipping (i.e. in Salat, supplication, propagation of Islam, Jihad etc.) till you feel tired.  (Hence, Islamic preachers should also engage themselves in remembrance of Allah in private hours. Just preaching others is not enough).

وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرۡغَب 8

8 And set your heart to your Creator only (for all your needs and aspirations).

وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ 1

1   –And by the fig, and the olive i.e. Bait al-Muqaddas, where fig and olive are produced in plenty and where Isa ( peace be upon him ) was sent as a messenger Ibn Kathir –

وَطُورِ سِينِينَ 2

2 And by Mountain Sinai [where Musa ( peace be upon him ) talked to Allah].