The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/93. The Brightness of the Day

93. The Brightness of the Day (Al-Duha)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

¹ By the brightness of the day!

² And the night when it is still! --

³ Thy Lord has not forsaken thee, not is He displeased.

⁴ And surely the latter state is better for thee than the former.

⁵ And soon will thy Lord give thee so that thou wilt be well pleased.

⁶ Did He not find thee an orphan and give (thee) shelter?

⁷ And find thee groping, so He showed the way?

⁸ And find thee in want, so He enriched thee?

⁹ Therefore the orphan, oppress not.

¹⁰ And him who asks, chide not.

¹¹ And the favour of thy Lord, proclaim.