Kitab

الضـحى

Chapter 93, 11 verses

  • Arabic, with marks
  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
  • Shakir
Arabic, with marks

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالضُّحَىٰ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the forenoon (after sunrise).

Shakir

I swear by the early hours of the day,

Arabic, with marks

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

By the night when it darkens (and stand still).

Shakir

And the night when it covers with darkness.

Arabic, with marks

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Your Lord (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) has neither forsaken you nor hates you.

Shakir

Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor has He become displeased,

Arabic, with marks

وَلَلْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ الْأُولَىٰ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And indeed the Hereafter is better for you than the present (life of this world).

Shakir

And surely what comes after is better for you than that which has gone before.

Arabic, with marks

وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And verily, your Lord will give you (all good) so that you shall be well-pleased.

Shakir

And soon will your Lord give you so that you shall be well pleased.

Arabic, with marks

أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَآوَىٰ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Did He not find you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) an orphan and gave you a refuge?

Shakir

Did He not find you an orphan and give you shelter?

Arabic, with marks

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدَىٰ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And He found you unaware (of the Qur'an, its laws, and Prophethood) and guided you?

Shakir

And find you lost (that is, unrecognized by men) and guide (them to you)?

Arabic, with marks

وَوَجَدَكَ عَائِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And He found you poor and made you rich (self-sufficient with self-contentment)?

Shakir

And find you in want and make you to be free from want?

Arabic, with marks

فَأَمَّا الْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Therefore, treat not the orphan with oppression.

Shakir

Therefore, as for the orphan, do not oppress (him).

Arabic, with marks

وَأَمَّا السَّائِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And repulse not the beggar.

Shakir

And as for him who asks, do not chide (him),

Arabic, with marks

وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And proclaim the Grace of your Lord (i.e. the Prophethood and all other Graces).

Shakir

And as for the favor of your Lord, do announce (it).

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