Ad-Duhaa Verse 1

By the morning sunlight,

By the morning brightness,

By the white forenoon

By the morning brightness

By the morning brightness,

By the Glorious Morning Light,

By the bright forenoon,

I CALL TO witness the early hours of morning,

By oath of the late morning,

By the morning brightness,

By the forenoon,

I call to witness the growing brightness of the forenoon,

And/by the sunrise/daybreak .

By oath of the late morning,

By the glorious morning light!

By the forenoon (after sun-rise);

And the night when it is still! --

I swear by the early hours of the day,

By the morning hours

By the midday brightness

By the midmorning,

By the forenoon.

By the glorious morning light;

By the morning light.

By the forenoon, that is to say, the first part of the day or all of it,

The Reason for the Revelation of Surah Ad-Duha

Imam Ahmad recorded from Jundub that he said,

"The Prophet became ill, so he did not stand for prayer for a night or two. Then a woman came and said,

`O Muhammad! I think that your devil has finally left you.'

So Allah revealed,

وَالضُّحَى


وَالَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَى

مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَى

By the forenoon.

By the night when it darkens.

Your Lord has neither forsaken you nor hates you.

Al-Bukhari, Muslim, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i, Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Jarir, all recorded this Hadith.

This Jundub (who narrated it) is Ibn `Abdullah Al-Bajali Al-`Alaqi. In a narration from Al-Aswad bin Qays, he said that he heard Jundub say that Jibril was slow in coming to the Messenger of Allah . So the idolators said,

"Muhammad's Lord has abandoned him."

So Allah revealed,

وَالضُّحَى




وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَى