سُورَةُ الضُّحَىٰ
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلضُّحَىٰ
CONSIDER the bright morning hours,
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ
and the night when it grows still and dark.
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مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ
Thy Sustainer has not forsaken thee, nor does He scorn thee:
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وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ
for, indeed, the life to come will be better for thee than this earlier part [of thy life]!
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وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ
And, indeed, in time will thy Sustainer grant thee [what thy heart desires], and thou shalt be well-pleased.
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أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًۭا فَـَٔاوَىٰ
Has He not found thee an orphan, and given thee shelter?
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وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّۭا فَهَدَىٰ
And found thee lost on thy way, and guided thee?
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وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًۭا فَأَغْنَىٰ
And found thee in want, and given thee sufficiency?
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فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ
Therefore, the orphan shalt thou never wrong,
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وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ
and him that seeks [thy] help shalt thou never chide,
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وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ
and of thy Sustainer's blessings shalt thou [ever] speak.
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