الـعاديات

1 By the racers, panting,

1 WaalAAadiyati dabhan

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

2 And the producers of sparks [when] striking

2 Faalmooriyati qadhan

2 And strike sparks of fire,

3 And the chargers at dawn,

3 Faalmugheerati subhan

3 And push home the charge in the morning,

4 Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

4 Faatharna bihi naqAAan

4 And raise the dust in clouds the while,

5 Arriving thereby in the center collectively,

5 Fawasatna bihi jamAAan

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

6 Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

6 Inna alinsana lirabbihi lakanoodun

6 Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;

7 And indeed, he is to that a witness.

7 Wainnahu AAala thalika lashaheedun

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

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

8 Wainnahu lihubbi alkhayri lashadeedun

8 And violent is he in his love of wealth.

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

9 Afala yaAAlamu itha buAAthira ma fee alquboori

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

10 And that within the breasts is obtained,

10 Wahussila ma fee alssudoori

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

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

11 Inna rabbahum bihim yawmaithin lakhabeerun

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