The Surah is so designated after the first sentence.(Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran)
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أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?1
alam nashraḥ laka ṣadraka
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ
And We removed from you your burden1
wawaḍaʿnā ʿanka wiz'raka
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ
Which had weighed upon your back
alladhī anqaḍa ẓahraka
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
And raised high for you your repute.
warafaʿnā laka dhik'raka
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
fa-inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
inna maʿa l-ʿus'ri yus'ran
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
fa-idhā faraghta fa-inṣab
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.
wa-ilā rabbika fa-ir'ghab
Arabic text: Uthmani script via Qur'an.com API v4. Translation: Sahih International. Revelation order: Egyptian Standard (Al-Azhar).