الـعاديات

1 WaalAAadiyati dabhan

1 By the racers, panting,

1 By the (Steeds) that run, with panting (breath),

2 Faalmooriyati qadhan

2 And the producers of sparks [when] striking

2 And strike sparks of fire,

3 Faalmugheerati subhan

3 And the chargers at dawn,

3 And push home the charge in the morning,

4 Faatharna bihi naqAAan

4 Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

4 And raise the dust in clouds the while,

5 Fawasatna bihi jamAAan

5 Arriving thereby in the center collectively,

5 And penetrate forthwith into the midst (of the foe) en masse; -

6 Inna alinsana lirabbihi lakanoodun

6 Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

6 Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;

7 Wainnahu AAala thalika lashaheedun

7 And indeed, he is to that a witness.

7 And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);

8 Wainnahu lihubbi alkhayri lashadeedun

8 And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.

8 And violent is he in his love of wealth.

9 Afala yaAAlamu itha buAAthira ma fee alquboori

9 But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered

9 Does he not know, - when that which is in the graves is scattered abroad

10 Wahussila ma fee alssudoori

10 And that within the breasts is obtained,

10 And that which is (locked up) in (human) breasts is made manifest -

11 Inna rabbahum bihim yawmaithin lakhabeerun

11 Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Acquainted.

11 That their Lord had been Well - acquainted with them, (even to) that Day?