سُورَةُ الضُّحَىٰ
Surah Ad-Duha (The Morning Hours) – Arabic, Translation & Audio
Surah Ad-Duha is the 93rd surah (chapter) of the Quran. Its name means “The Morning Hours”. It has 11 ayahs (verses), is a Meccan surah (revealed in Makkah) and is found in Juz 30 of the Quran. Below you can read the full Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen to each ayah.
| Surah number | 93 of 114 |
|---|---|
| Arabic name | الضحى |
| English meaning | The Morning Hours |
| Number of ayahs | 11 |
| Revelation | Meccan (Makkah) |
| Order of revelation | 11 (traditional chronology) |
| Juz (part) | 30 |
| Mushaf pages | 596 (604-page Madinah mushaf) |
| Verses of prostration | None |
| Begins with Bismillah | Yes – recited before ayah 1 (not numbered) |
About Surah Ad-Duha
Ad-Duha, "The Morning Hours", was revealed to comfort the Prophet ﷺ after a pause in revelation, when some mocked that his Lord had abandoned him. It swears by the morning brightness and the still night that "your Lord has not taken leave of you, nor has He detested you", recalls how Allah sheltered him as an orphan and guided him, and closes by commanding kindness to the orphan and the one who asks.
In the hadith
- The occasion of its revelation, after the Prophet ﷺ did not rise for night prayer for a night or two, is narrated by Jundub ibn Sufyan. (Sahih al-Bukhari 4950)
Read Surah Ad-Duha in Arabic with English translation
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ﴿١﴾
Wad duhaa
By the morning hours
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ﴿٢﴾
Wal laili iza sajaa
And by the night when it is stillest,
مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ ﴿٣﴾
Ma wad da'aka rabbuka wa ma qalaa
Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He hate thee,
وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ﴿٤﴾
Walal-aakhiratu khairul laka minal-oola
And verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former,
وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ ﴿٥﴾
Wa la sawfa y'uteeka rabbuka fatarda
And verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content.
أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًۭا فَـَٔاوَىٰ ﴿٦﴾
Alam ya jidka yateeman fa aawaa
Did He not find thee an orphan and protect (thee)?
وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّۭا فَهَدَىٰ ﴿٧﴾
Wa wa jadaka daal lan fahada
Did He not find thee wandering and direct (thee)?
وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًۭا فَأَغْنَىٰ ﴿٨﴾
Wa wa jadaka 'aa-ilan fa aghnaa
Did He not find thee destitute and enrich (thee)?
فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ ﴿٩﴾
Fa am mal yateema fala taqhar
Therefor the orphan oppress not,
وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ ﴿١٠﴾
Wa am mas saa-ila fala tanhar
Therefor the beggar drive not away,
وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ ﴿١١﴾
Wa amma bi ni'mati rabbika fahad dith
Therefor of the bounty of thy Lord be thy discourse.
Arabic text: Uthmani script (Tanzil). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930, public domain). Transliteration: English transliteration from the Al Quran Cloud API, in a simple English spelling (it writes the Arabic letter dhal as “z”, while the duas on this site write it as “dh”). Audio: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. A translation conveys the meaning of the Quran; it is not the Quran itself.
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