The Morning Hours
وَٱلضُّحَىٰ
Wadduha
By the forenoon (after sunrise).1
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ
Wallayli itha saja
By the night when it darkens (and stand still).
مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ
Ma waddaAAaka rabbuka wama qala
Your Lord (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) has neither forsaken you nor hates you.
وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
Walal-akhiratu khayrun laka minaal-oola
And indeed the Hereafter is better for you than the present (life of this world).
وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ
Walasawfa yuAAteeka rabbuka fatarda
And verily, your Lord will give you (all good) so that you shall be well-pleased.
أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوَىٰ
Alam yajidka yateeman faawa
Did He not find you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) an orphan and gave you a refuge?
وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ
Wawajadaka dallan fahada
And He found you unaware (of the Qur’ân, its laws, and Prophethood) and guided you?
وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ
Wawajadaka AAa-ilan faaghna
And He found you poor and made you rich (self-sufficient with self-contentment)?
فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ
Faamma alyateema fala taqhar
Therefore, treat not the orphan with oppression.
وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
Waamma assa-ila falatanhar
And repulse not the beggar.
وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ
Waamma biniAAmati rabbika fahaddith
And proclaim the Grace of your Lord (i.e. the Prophethood and all other Graces).