Surah Ad-Duha (93): Arabic, Transliteration and English

Full text of Surah Ad-Duha, verse by verse

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ﴿١﴾

Wad duhaa

1 By the morning brightness

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ﴿٢﴾

Wal laili iza sajaa

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

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ ﴿٣﴾

Ma wad da'aka rabbuka wa ma qalaa

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

وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿٤﴾

Walal-aakhiratu khairul laka minal-oola

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

وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ ﴿٥﴾

Wa la sawfa y'uteeka rabbuka fatarda

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

أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًۭا فَـَٔاوَىٰ ﴿٦﴾

Alam ya jidka yateeman fa aawaa

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

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّۭا فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٧﴾

Wa wa jadaka daal lan fahada

7 And He found you lost and guided [you],

وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًۭا فَأَغْنَىٰ ﴿٨﴾

Wa wa jadaka 'aa-ilan fa aghnaa

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

فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ ﴿٩﴾

Fa am mal yateema fala taqhar

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

وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ ﴿١٠﴾

Wa am mas saa-ila fala tanhar

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

وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ ﴿١١﴾

Wa amma bi ni'mati rabbika fahad dith

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

Sources: Arabic text in Uthmani script (Tanzil edition); English translation: Saheeh International; transliteration in standard Latin letters. Transliteration helps with pronunciation but cannot render every Arabic letter.