Chapter 100, 11 verses
I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والعاديات ضبحا
WaalAAadiyati dabhan
By the racers, panting,
Then those that produce fire striking,
فالموريات قدحا
Faalmooriyati qadhan
And the producers of sparks [when] striking
Then those that make raids at morn,
فالمغيرات صبحا
Faalmugheerati subhan
And the chargers at dawn,
Then thereby raise dust,
فأثرن به نقعا
Faatharna bihi naqAAan
Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,
Then rush thereby upon an assembly:
فوسطن به جمعا
Fawasatna bihi jamAAan
Arriving thereby in the center collectively,
Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.
إن الإنسان لربه لكنود
Inna alinsana lirabbihi lakanoodun
Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.
And most surely he is a witness of that.
وإنه على ذلك لشهيد
Wainnahu AAala thalika lashaheedun
And indeed, he is to that a witness.
And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth.
وإنه لحب الخير لشديد
Wainnahu lihubbi alkhayri lashadeedun
And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.
Does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised,
۞ أفلا يعلم إذا بعثر ما في القبور
Afala yaAAlamu itha buAAthira ma fee alquboori
But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered
And what is in the breasts is made apparent?
وحصل ما في الصدور
Wahussila ma fee alssudoori
And that within the breasts is obtained,
Most surely their Lord that day shall be fully aware of them.
إن ربهم بهم يومئذ لخبير
Inna rabbahum bihim yawmaithin lakhabeerun
Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Acquainted.