Al-'Adiyat

Translation by

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

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Al-'Adiyat

وَالْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا ﴿1﴾

’ By the galloping, panting horses,

فَالْمُورِيَاتِ قَدْحًا ﴿2﴾

striking sparks of fire ˹with their hoofs˺,

فَالْمُغِيرَاتِ صُبْحًا ﴿3﴾

launching raids at dawn,

فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِ نَقْعًا ﴿4﴾

stirring up ˹clouds of˺ dust,

فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِ جَمْعًا ﴿5﴾

and penetrating into the heart of enemy lines!

إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ ﴿6﴾

Surely humankind is ungrateful to their Lord—

وَإِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ ﴿7﴾

and they certainly attest to this—

وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿8﴾

and they are truly extreme in their love of ˹worldly˺ gains.

أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِي الْقُبُورِ ﴿9﴾

Do they not know that when the contents of the graves will be spilled out,

وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي الصُّدُورِ ﴿10﴾

and the secrets of the hearts will be laid bare—

إِنَّ رَبَّهُمْ بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَخَبِيرٌ ﴿11﴾

surely their Lord is All-Aware of them on that Day.