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Translation of the meanings Surah: Ad-Duhā   Ayah:
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Ad-Duhā

Ayah: 1

وَٱلضُّحَىٰ
1. By the forenoon time (after sunrise),
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Ayah: 2

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ
2. And by the night when it is stil and calm.
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Ayah: 3

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ
3. Your Lord has not forsaken you (Muhammad)¹ nor is he displeased with you.
1. As the pagans said when the revelation paused for some time.
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Ayah: 4

وَلَلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
4. The Hereafter life is better for you than the present (life of this world)².
2. Another meaning is: And what comes after is better for you than that which has gone before.
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Ayah: 5

وَلَسَوۡفَ يُعۡطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرۡضَىٰٓ
5. Your Lord (Allah) will soon give you (all good), so that you will be well pleased.
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Ayah: 6

أَلَمۡ يَجِدۡكَ يَتِيمٗا فَـَٔاوَىٰ
6. Did He not find you an orphan and give you shelter³?
3. The religion of Islam which is the pure and undefiled religion before Allah (God) encourages us to look after orphans and widows and to keep oneself unstained by the world. Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said:
"I and the believer who sponsors an orphan shall be in Paradise like these two, and he raised his index finger and the one next to it, holding them together, barely separate."
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Ayah: 7

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلّٗا فَهَدَىٰ
7. Did He not find you wandering about and guided (you)?
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Ayah: 8

وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلٗا فَأَغۡنَىٰ
8. And did He not find you in need and sufficed you?
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Ayah: 9

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقۡهَرۡ
9. So, as for the orphan - do not mistreat (him)⁴.
4. A man came to Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), lamenting his hardness of heart. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: "If you want to soften your heart, feed the poor and pat the head of the orphan in tenderness.”
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Ayah: 10

وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنۡهَرۡ
10. And as for him who asks⁵ - do not repel (him),
5. For help or knowledge.
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Ayah: 11

وَأَمَّا بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثۡ
11. And as for the Favor of (Allah)⁶ your Lord - proclaim it.
6. I.e., The Prophethood, the Qur'an, and your perfect religion of Islam.
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Translation of the meanings Surah: Ad-Duhā
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Translation of the meanings of the Noble Qur'an into the English language, translated by Abdullah Hasan Jacob.

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