الـعاديات

1 By the racers, panting,

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the snorting courses,

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the (steeds) that run, with panting.

2 And the producers of sparks [when] striking

2 Striking sparks of fire

2 Striking sparks of fire (by their hooves).

3 And the chargers at dawn,

3 And scouring to the raid at dawn,

3 And scouring to the raid at dawn.

4 Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

4 Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,

4 And raise the dust in clouds the while.

5 Arriving thereby in the center collectively,

5 Cleaving, as one, the centre (of the foe),

5 And penetrating forthwith as one into the midst (of the foe).

6 Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

6 Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

6 Verily, man (disbeliever) is ungrateful to his Lord.

7 And indeed, he is to that a witness.

7 And lo! he is a witness unto that;

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

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

8 And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent.

8 And verily, he is violent in the love of wealth.

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

9 Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured forth

9 Knows he not that when the contents of the graves are poured forth (all mankind is resurrected)?

10 And that within the breasts is obtained,

10 And the secrets of the breasts are made known,

10 And that which is in the breasts (of men) is made known?

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

11 On that day will their Lord be perfectly informed concerning them.

11 Verily, that Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) their Lord will be Well-Acquainted with them (as to their deeds and will reward them for their deeds).