This Sura is close in date to Suras 89 and 92, and the imagery drawn from the contrast of Night and Day is common to all three. In this Sura the vicissitudes of human life are referred to, and a message of hope and consolation is given to man's soul from Allah's past mercies, and he is bidden to pursue the path of goodness and proclaim the bounties of Allah. This is the general meaning. In particular, the Sura seems to have been revealed in a dark period in the outer life of the holy Prophet, when a man of less resolute will might have been discouraged. But the Prophet is told to hold the present of less account than the glorious Hereafter which awaited him like the glorious morning after a night of stillness and gloom. The Hereafter was, not only in the Future Life, but in his later life on this earth, full of victory and satisfaction.
C.273-(Verses 1 to 11)-What an example we have in the Prophet's life! When moments of inspiration were still, his soul yet felt the power of that stillness, like one who prays by night and waits for the dawn, knowing how the light grows brighter every hour till noon, and well content that night and morn and the hours succeeding are but steps to the plenary splendor of noon. He was content and consoled in the thought that Allah had bestowed His loving care on him in the past, and so the future was sure. He followed the Light Divine, -- to help the helpless, to attend with patience to the call of those in need, and to rehearse and proclaim and share the boundless Bounties of Allah!
93:1 SURA 93. Dhuha, or The Glorious Morning Light. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. By the Glorious Morning Light,
93:2 And by the Night when it is still, --
93:3 Thy Guardian Lord hath not forsaken thee, nor is He displeased.
93:4 And verily the hereafter will be better for thee than the present.
93:5 And soon will thy Guardian Lord give thee (that wherewith) thou shalt be well pleased.
93:6 Did He not find thee an orphan and give thee shelter (and care)?
93:7 And He found thee wandering, and He gave thee guidance.
93:8 And He found thee in need, and made thee independent.
93:9 Therefore, treat not the orphan with harshness,
93:10 Nor repulse the petitioner (unheard);
93:11 But the Bounty of thy Lord -- rehearse and proclaim!
