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Surah 100 · Meccan · 11 verses

Al-Adiyat

The Courser

العاديات

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1

وَٱلْعَـٰدِيَـٰتِ ضَبْحًا ١

’ By the galloping, panting horses

2

فَٱلْمُورِيَـٰتِ قَدْحًا ٢

striking sparks of fire ˹with their hoofs˺

3

فَٱلْمُغِيرَٲتِ صُبْحًا ٣

launching raids at dawn

4

فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًا ٤

stirring up ˹clouds of˺ dust

5

فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا ٥

and penetrating into the heart of enemy lines

6

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٌ ٦

Surely humankind is ungrateful to their Lord—

7

وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٲلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ ٧

and they certainly attest to this—

8

وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ ٨

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

9

۞ أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ ٩

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

10

وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ ١٠

and the secrets of the hearts will be laid bare—

11

إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّخَبِيرُۢ ١١

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