Surah Ad-Duha (The Morning Hours)

Topics in Surah Ad-Duha

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Despair (Ya's) (8 verses)
• Time (Waqt) (5 verses)
• Weakness (Da'f) (4 verses)
• Cosmic Signs (Ayat Kawniyyah) (3 verses)
• Harm (Adha) (3 verses)
• Voluntary Acts (Tatawwu) (3 verses)
• Oaths (Qasam) (3 verses)
• Prophet Moses (Musa) (3 verses)
• Prophethood (Nubuwwah) (3 verses)
• Daytime (Nahar) (3 verses)
• Orphans (Yateem) (2 verses)
• Giving (Ata') (2 verses)
• Adoption (Tabanni) (1 verses)
• Contemplation (Tadabbur) (1 verses)
• Purification (Tazkiyah) (1 verses)

Read Surah Ad-Duha with English translation

1. 93:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلضُّحَىٰ

   By the morning brightness

2. 93:2

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ

   and by the night when it grows still,

3. 93:3

   مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ

   your Lord has not forsaken you [Prophet], nor does He hate you,

4. 93:4

   وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

   and the future will be better for you than the past;

5. 93:5

   وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ

   your Lord is sure to give you so much that you will be well satisfied.

6. 93:6

   أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًۭا فَـَٔاوَىٰ

   Did He not find you an orphan and shelter you?

7. 93:7

   وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّۭا فَهَدَىٰ

   Did He not find you lost and guide you?

8. 93:8

   وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًۭا فَأَغْنَىٰ

   Did He not find you in need and make you self-sufficient?

9. 93:9

   فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ

   So do not be harsh with the orphan

10. 93:10

    وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ

    and do not chide the one who asks for help;

11. 93:11

    وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ

    talk about the blessings of your Lord.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.