Surah 93
الضحى
AL-ḌUḤĀ
THE MORNING BRIGHTNESS
meccan 11 Verses
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
The surah that opens with the oath of the Divine One swearing by the The Morning Brightness and the night when all falls still. It is named after “the morning brightness” (ḍūḥā), mentioned in verse 1. The surah is an address to the Prophet Muhammad, to reassure him, when he had not received revelation for some time, that his Lord had not forsaken him.The surah is also known as: Daylight, Early Hours of Morning, Morning Bright, Morning Light, The Forenoon, The Glorious Morning Light, The Morning.
1
وَالضُّحىٰ

wa-ḍ-ḍuḥā

By the morning brightness,
2
وَاللَّيلِ إِذا سَجىٰ

wa-l-layli ʾidhā sajā

by the night when it is calm!
3
ما وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَما قَلىٰ

mā waddaʿaka rabbuka wa-mā qalā

Your Lord has neither forsaken younor is He displeased with you,
4
وَلَلآخِرَةُ خَيرٌ لَكَ مِنَ الأولىٰ

wa-la-l-ʾākhiratu khayrun laka mina l-ʾūlā

and the Hereafter shall be better for you than the world.
5
وَلَسَوفَ يُعطيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرضىٰ

wa-la-sawfa yuʿṭīka rabbuka fa-tarḍā

Soon your Lord will give you [that with which]you will be pleased.
6
أَلَم يَجِدكَ يَتيمًا فَآوىٰ

ʾa-lam yajidka yatīman fa-ʾāwā

Did He not find you an orphan, and shelter you?
7
وَوَجَدَكَ ضالًّا فَهَدىٰ

wa-wajadaka ḍāllan fa-hadā

Did He not find you astray, and guide you?
8
وَوَجَدَكَ عائِلًا فَأَغنىٰ

wa-wajadaka ʿāʾilan fa-ʾaghnā

Did He not find you needy, and enrich you?
9
فَأَمَّا اليَتيمَ فَلا تَقهَر

fa-ʾammā l-yatīma fa-lā taqhar

So, as for the orphan, do not oppress him;
10
وَأَمَّا السّائِلَ فَلا تَنهَر

wa-ʾammā s-sāʾila fa-lā tanhar

and as for the beggar, do not chide him;
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وَأَمّا بِنِعمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّث

wa-ʾammā bi-niʿmati rabbika fa-ḥaddith

and as for your Lord’s blessing,proclaim it!
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