Adh-Dhuha

The Morning Hours

Surah 93 · Meccan · 11 ayahs

الضحى

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ١

    Waḍ-ḍuḥā.

    By the morning brightness

  2. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ٢

    Wal-layli idhā sajā.

    And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. And becomes still.
  3. مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ ٣

    Mā waddaʿaka rabbuka wa mā qalā.

    Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muḥammad], nor has He detested [you].

  4. وَلَلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٤

    Wa lalʾākhiratu khayrul laka minal-ūlā.

    And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].

  5. وَلَسَوۡفَ يُعۡطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرۡضَىٰٓ ٥

    Wa lasawfa yuʿṭīka rabbuka fatarḍā.

    And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.

  6. أَلَمۡ يَجِدۡكَ يَتِيمٗا فَـَٔاوَىٰ ٦

    Alam yajidka yatīman fa āwā.

    Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?

  7. وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلّٗا فَهَدَىٰ ٧

    Wa wajadaka ḍāllan fahadā.

    And He found you lost and guided [you],

  8. وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلٗا فَأَغۡنَىٰ ٨

    Wa wajadaka ʿāʾilan fa aghnā.

    And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.

  9. فَأَمَّا ٱلۡيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقۡهَرۡ ٩

    Fa ammal-yatīma falā taqhar.

    So as for the orphan, do not oppress [him].

  10. وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنۡهَرۡ ١٠

    Wa ammas-sāʾila falā tanhar.

    And as for the petitioner,1 do not repel [him].

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Anyone who seeks aid or knowledge.
  11. وَأَمَّا بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثۡ ١١

    Wa ammā biniʿmati rabbika faḥaddith.

    But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].