Discover the meaning of the term Al-ḍḥā (ضحى) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readWith "the sheep" and the like: slaughtering it in the duha (forenoon) of the days of Eid al-Adha. - With "a thing": he was unhurried and did not hasten. - With "livestock": he pastured it in the duha.
The spreading of the sun and the rising of the day; by this the time is named.
The spreading out of the sun and the extension of the day.
﴿أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًۭى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ﴾
« Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play? »
Surah الأعراف : 98
﴿قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًۭى﴾
« [Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning." »
Surah طه : 59
﴿وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا﴾
« And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness. »
Surah النازعات : 29
﴿كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا﴾
« It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof. »
Surah النازعات : 46
﴿وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا﴾
« By the sun and its brightness »
Surah الشمس : 1
﴿وَٱلضُّحَىٰ﴾
« By the morning brightness »
Surah الضحى : 1