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Surah 93 · 11 ayat
Ad-Dhuhaa
The Morning Hours
الضحى
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلضُّحَىٰ
MeaningBy the morning hours
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ
MeaningAnd by the night when it is stillest,
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مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ
MeaningThy Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He hate thee,
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وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
MeaningAnd verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former,
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وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ
MeaningAnd verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content.
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أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوَىٰ
MeaningDid He not find thee an orphan and protect (thee)?
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وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ
MeaningDid He not find thee wandering and direct (thee)?
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وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ
MeaningDid He not find thee destitute and enrich (thee)?
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فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ
MeaningTherefor the orphan oppress not,
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وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
MeaningTherefor the beggar drive not away,
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وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ
MeaningTherefor of the bounty of thy Lord be thy discourse.
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Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.
Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.
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