93:1
وَالضُّحٰی
By the morning brightness
Surah 93 of 114 · Makkah · Juz 30
Surah Ad-Duhaa
The Morning Hours
الضحى11 ayahs
Revealed in Makkah
Translation: Saheeh International
About Surah Ad-Duhaa
This is one of the few short surahs with an occasion of revelation that is very widely reported. Revelation paused for a time, and Bukhari records that a woman in Makkah taunted the Prophet, peace be upon him, saying she thought his devil had left him. The surah came as the answer. Its name is the opening oath, by the morning brightness, set against the night when it covers over (93:1, 93:2). Makkan, eleven ayahs.
The reply is immediate: your Lord has not taken leave of you, nor has He detested you (93:3), and what lies ahead is better than what has gone, and He will give until you are satisfied (93:4, 93:5). Then three facts from his own life, put as questions: He found you an orphan and sheltered you, found you lost and guided you, found you poor and made you self-sufficient (93:6, 93:7, 93:8). Three instructions follow that answer them one by one: do not oppress the orphan, do not turn away the one who asks, and speak about your Lord's favour (93:9, 93:10, 93:11). The symmetry is the argument. What a person was given is the measure of what he now owes.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
93:2
وَالَّیْلِ اِذَا سَجٰی
And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,
93:3
مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلٰی ۟ؕ
Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muḥammad], nor has He detested [you].
93:4
وَلَلْاٰخِرَةُ خَیْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ الْاُوْلٰی ۟ؕ
And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].
93:5
وَلَسَوْفَ یُعْطِیْكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضٰی ۟ؕ
And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.
93:6
اَلَمْ یَجِدْكَ یَتِیْمًا فَاٰوٰی
Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?
93:7
وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدٰی
And He found you lost and guided [you],
93:8
وَوَجَدَكَ عَآىِٕلًا فَاَغْنٰی ۟ؕ
And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.
93:9
فَاَمَّا الْیَتِیْمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ ۟ؕ
So as for the orphan, do not oppress [him].
93:10
وَاَمَّا السَّآىِٕلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ ۟ؕ
And as for the petitioner, do not repel [him].
93:11
وَاَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ
But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].
Surah Ad-Duhaa in the Quran, with the Arabic in IndoPak Nastaleeq, 11 ayahs, translation, word by word meaning and recitation. Recite it offline on your phone with the free Android app.