وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ١
1. By the morning brightness
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سورة الضحى
The complete Arabic text of Surah Ad-Duhaa: its 11 verses in vowelled Uthmani script, with the English translation under each verse. Enlarge the text with A+, show the transliteration or word by word, and start the recitation: each verse lights up as it is recited.
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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