Ad-Dhuhaa
The Morning Hours
سورة الضحى
وَالضُّحَىٰ
Transliteration
Wad duhaa
Translation
By the morning brightness
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ
Transliteration
Wal laili iza sajaa
Translation
And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,
مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ
Transliteration
Ma wad da'aka rabbuka wa ma qalaa
Translation
Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muhammad], nor has He detested [you].
وَلَلْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنَ الْأُولَىٰ
Transliteration
Walal-aakhiratu khairul laka minal-oola
Translation
And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].
وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰ
Transliteration
Wa la sawfa y'uteeka rabbuka fatarda
Translation
And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.
أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَآوَىٰ
Transliteration
Alam ya jidka yateeman fa aawaa
Translation
Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?
وَوَجَدَكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدَىٰ
Transliteration
Wa wa jadaka daal lan fahada
Translation
And He found you lost and guided [you],
وَوَجَدَكَ عَائِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ
Transliteration
Wa wa jadaka 'aa-ilan fa aghnaa
Translation
And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.
فَأَمَّا الْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ
Transliteration
Fa am mal yateema fala taqhar
Translation
So as for the orphan, do not oppress [him].
وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
Transliteration
Wa am mas saa-ila fala tanhar
Translation
And as for the petitioner, do not repel [him].
وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ
Transliteration
Wa amma bi ni'mati rabbika fahad dith
Translation
But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].