Chapter 100, 11 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والعاديات ضبحا
By the racers, panting,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the snorting courses,
I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,
فالموريات قدحا
And the producers of sparks [when] striking
Striking sparks of fire
Then those that produce fire striking,
فالمغيرات صبحا
And the chargers at dawn,
And scouring to the raid at dawn,
Then those that make raids at morn,
فأثرن به نقعا
Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,
Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,
Then thereby raise dust,
فوسطن به جمعا
Arriving thereby in the center collectively,
Cleaving, as one, the centre (of the foe),
Then rush thereby upon an assembly:
إن الإنسان لربه لكنود
Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.
Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord
Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.
وإنه على ذلك لشهيد
And indeed, he is to that a witness.
And lo! he is a witness unto that;
And most surely he is a witness of that.
وإنه لحب الخير لشديد
And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.
And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent.
And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth.
۞ أفلا يعلم إذا بعثر ما في القبور
But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered
Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured forth
Does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised,
وحصل ما في الصدور
And that within the breasts is obtained,
And the secrets of the breasts are made known,
And what is in the breasts is made apparent?
إن ربهم بهم يومئذ لخبير
Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Acquainted.
On that day will their Lord be perfectly concerning them.
Most surely their Lord that day shall be fully aware of them.