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93. Ad-Duha

الضحى

The Morning Hours

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The Surah takes its name Ad-Duha from the very first word.(Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran)

Recitation
Mishary al-Afasy

Verse Structure

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1

وَٱلضُّحَىٰ

By the morning brightness

wal-ḍuḥā

2

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ

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

wa-al-layli idhā sajā

3

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ

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

mā waddaʿaka rabbuka wamā qalā

4

وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

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

walalākhiratu khayrun laka mina l-ūlā

5

وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ

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

walasawfa yuʿ'ṭīka rabbuka fatarḍā

6

أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوَىٰ

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

alam yajid'ka yatīman faāwā

7

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ

And He found you lost and guided [you],

wawajadaka ḍāllan fahadā

8

وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ

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

wawajadaka ʿāilan fa-aghnā

9

فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ

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

fa-ammā l-yatīma falā taqhar

10

وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ

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

wa-ammā l-sāila falā tanhar

11

وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ

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

wa-ammā biniʿ'mati rabbika faḥaddith

Arabic text: Uthmani script via Qur'an.com API v4. Translation: Sahih International. Revelation order: Egyptian Standard (Al-Azhar).