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Surah Ad-Duhaa (الضحى) — “The Morning Hours” — is a Meccan chapter with 11 verses. Read the full Arabic text with translation, transliteration and audio on Al-Qalam.

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Ad-Duhaa

الضحى

The Morning Hours · 11 verses · Meccan

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1
وَٱلضُّحَىٰ

wal-ḍuḥā

By the morning brightness

2
وَٱلَّيْلِإِذَاسَجَىٰ

wa-al-layli idhā sajā

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

3
مَاوَدَّعَكَرَبُّكَوَمَاقَلَىٰ

mā waddaʿaka rabbuka wamā qalā

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

4
وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُخَيْرٌۭلَّكَمِنَٱلْأُولَىٰ

walalākhiratu khayrun laka mina l-ūlā

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

5
وَلَسَوْفَيُعْطِيكَرَبُّكَفَتَرْضَىٰٓ

walasawfa yuʿ'ṭīka rabbuka fatarḍā

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

6
أَلَمْيَجِدْكَيَتِيمًۭافَـَٔاوَىٰ

alam yajid'ka yatīman faāwā

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

7
وَوَجَدَكَضَآلًّۭافَهَدَىٰ

wawajadaka ḍāllan fahadā

And He found you lost and guided [you],

8
وَوَجَدَكَعَآئِلًۭافَأَغْنَىٰ

wawajadaka ʿāilan fa-aghnā

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

9
فَأَمَّاٱلْيَتِيمَفَلَاتَقْهَرْ

fa-ammā l-yatīma falā taqhar

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

10
وَأَمَّاٱلسَّآئِلَفَلَاتَنْهَرْ

wa-ammā l-sāila falā tanhar

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

11
وَأَمَّابِنِعْمَةِرَبِّكَفَحَدِّثْ

wa-ammā biniʿ'mati rabbika faḥaddith

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