The Forenoon

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm

By the forenoon.

وَٱلضُّحَىٰ

wal-ḍuḥ

By the night as it falls.

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ

wa-al-layli idhā saj

Your Lord never abandoned you, nor did He forget.

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ

mā waddaʿaka rabbuka wamā qal

The Hereafter is far better for you than this first (life).

وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

walalākhiratu khayrun laka mina l-ūl

And your Lord will give you enough; you will be pleased.

وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ

walasawfa yuʿ'ṭīka rabbuka fatarḍ

Did He not find you orphaned and He gave you a home?

أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوَىٰ

alam yajid'ka yatīman faāw

He found you astray, and guided you.

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ

wawajadaka ḍāllan fahad

He found you poor, and made you rich.

وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ

wawajadaka ʿāilan fa-aghn

Therefore, you shall not forsake the orphan.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ

fa-ammā l-yatīma falā taqha

Nor shall you reprimand the beggar.

وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ

wa-ammā l-sāila falā tanha

You shall proclaim the blessing your Lord has bestowed upon you.

وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ

wa-ammā biniʿ'mati rabbika faḥaddit