Ad-Duhaa
الضحى
The Morning Hours · 11 ayahs
- 1
وَٱلضُّحَىٰ
By the bright forenoon,
- 2
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ
and by the night when it covers the world with peace:
- 3
مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ
(O Prophet), your Lord has neither forsaken you, nor is He displeased.
- 4
وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
Indeed what is to come will be better for you than what has gone by.
- 5
وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ
Verily your Lord will soon give you so amply that you will be well-pleased.
- 6
أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوَىٰ
Did He not find you an orphan and then gave you shelter?
- 7
وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ
Did He not find you unaware of the Right Way, and then directed you to it?
- 8
وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ
And did He not find you in want, and then enriched you?
- 9
فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ
Therefore, be not harsh with the orphan;
- 10
وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
and chide not him who asks,