Surah 93
Surah Ad-Duha · The Morning Hours
الضحى
- Meaning
- The Morning Hours
- Ayahs
- 11
- Juz
- 30
- Revealed in
- Makkah
About this surah
Ad-Duha means The Morning Brightness. Allah revealed it to comfort the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, telling him that his Lord had not left him and was not displeased with him. It reminds him of how he was cared for as an orphan and guided, and it asks him to be kind to the orphan and the asker. It is a warm surah full of hope.
Arabic and meaning
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلضُّحَىٰ(1)
By the morning light.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ(2)
And the night as it settles.
مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ(3)
Your Lord did not abandon you, nor did He forget.
وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ(4)
The Hereafter is better for you than the First.
وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ(5)
And your Lord will give you, and you will be satisfied.
أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًۭا فَـَٔاوَىٰ(6)
Did He not find you orphaned, and sheltered you?
وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّۭا فَهَدَىٰ(7)
And found you wandering, and guided you.
وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًۭا فَأَغْنَىٰ(8)
And found you in need, and enriched you?
فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ(9)
Therefore, do not mistreat the orphan.
وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ(10)
Nor rebuff the seeker.
وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ(11)
But proclaim the blessings of your Lord.
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