وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ١
wal-ḍuḥā
1. By the morning brightness
Surah Ad-Duhaa transliteration
سورة الضحى
Here is Surah Ad-Duhaa (“The Morning Hours”) in transliteration: each of its 11 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
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
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ٢
wa-al-layli idhā sajā
2. And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,1941
Notes
[1941] And becomes still.
مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ ٣
mā waddaʿaka rabbuka wamā qalā
3. Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muḥammad], nor has He detested [you].
وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ٤
walalākhiratu khayrun laka mina l-ūlā
4. And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].
وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ ٥
walasawfa yuʿ'ṭīka rabbuka fatarḍā
5. And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.
أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوَىٰ ٦
alam yajid'ka yatīman faāwā
6. Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?
وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ ٧
wawajadaka ḍāllan fahadā
7. And He found you lost and guided [you],
وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ ٨
wawajadaka ʿāilan fa-aghnā
8. And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.
فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ ٩
fa-ammā l-yatīma falā taqhar
9. So as for the orphan, do not oppress [him].
وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ ١٠
wa-ammā l-sāila falā tanhar
10. And as for the petitioner,1942 do not repel [him].
Notes
[1942] Anyone who seeks aid or knowledge.
وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ ١١
wa-ammā biniʿ'mati rabbika faḥaddith
11. But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].
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