وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ١
1. By the morning brightness
Memorize Surah Ad-Duhaa
سورة الضحى
Surah Ad-Duhaa has 11 verses on one page of the Madinah mushaf (page 596), in juz 30. It is learned in a single portion: listen to it, repeat it, hide it bit by bit, then recite it from memory.
Memorization plan for Surah Ad-Duhaa
A single portion. Tap a portion to practise it; its status stays in this browser.
One portion: a few sessions are enough, then spaced reviews.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ٢
2. And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,1941
Notes
[1941] And becomes still.
مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ ٣
3. Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muḥammad], nor has He detested [you].
وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ٤
4. And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].
وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ ٥
5. And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.
أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوَىٰ ٦
6. Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?
وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ ٧
7. And He found you lost and guided [you],
وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ ٨
8. And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.
فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ ٩
9. So as for the orphan, do not oppress [him].
وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ ١٠
10. And as for the petitioner,1942 do not repel [him].
Notes
[1942] Anyone who seeks aid or knowledge.
وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ ١١
11. But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].
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The method in five steps
- Read and listen
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- Repeat
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- Hide
Hide one word in three, then two in three, then keep only the first letters, and finally the whole text.
- Recite
Recite from memory: get tested on what follows a random verse, record yourself or recite to someone.
- Review
Come back to each portion the next day, then at longer and longer intervals, and review before learning something new.