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Ad-Dhuhaa

سورة الضحى

The Morning Hours11 ayat Makkiyah

Translated by Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالضُّحَىٰ

By the forenoon (after sun-rise);

2

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ

And by the night when it is still (or darkens);

3

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ

Your Lord (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) has neither forsaken you nor hated you.

4

وَلَلْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنَ الْأُولَىٰ

And indeed the Hereafter is better for you than the present (life of this world).

5

وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰ

And verily, your Lord will give you (all i.e. good) so that you shall be well-pleased.

6

أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَآوَىٰ

Did He not find you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) an orphan and gave you a refuge?

7

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدَىٰ

And He found you unaware (of the Quran, its legal laws, and Prophethood, etc.) and guided you?

8

وَوَجَدَكَ عَائِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ

And He found you poor, and made you rich (selfsufficient with selfcontentment, etc.)?

9

فَأَمَّا الْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ

Therefore, treat not the orphan with oppression,

10

وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ

And repulse not the beggar;

11

وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ

And proclaim the Grace of your Lord (i.e. the Prophethood and all other Graces).