Adh-Dhuha
The Morning Hours
Surah 93 · Meccan · 11 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ١
Waḍ-ḍuḥā.
By the morning brightness
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ٢
Wal-layli idhā sajā.
And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,1
Footnotes (1)
- And becomes still.
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].
وَلَلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٤
Wa lalʾākhiratu khayrul laka minal-ūlā.
And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].
وَلَسَوۡفَ يُعۡطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرۡضَىٰٓ ٥
Wa lasawfa yuʿṭīka rabbuka fatarḍā.
And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.
أَلَمۡ يَجِدۡكَ يَتِيمٗا فَـَٔاوَىٰ ٦
Alam yajidka yatīman fa āwā.
Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?
وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلّٗا فَهَدَىٰ ٧
Wa wajadaka ḍāllan fahadā.
And He found you lost and guided [you],
وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلٗا فَأَغۡنَىٰ ٨
Wa wajadaka ʿāʾilan fa aghnā.
And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقۡهَرۡ ٩
Fa ammal-yatīma falā taqhar.
So as for the orphan, do not oppress [him].
وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنۡهَرۡ ١٠
Wa ammas-sāʾila falā tanhar.
And as for the petitioner,1 do not repel [him].
Footnotes (1)
- Anyone who seeks aid or knowledge.
وَأَمَّا بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثۡ ١١
Wa ammā biniʿmati rabbika faḥaddith.
But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].