Al Adiyat

1 I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,

1 WaalAAadiyati dabhan

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

2 Then those that produce fire striking,

2 Faalmooriyati qadhan

2 Striking sparks of fire

3 Then those that make raids at morn,

3 Faalmugheerati subhan

3 And scouring to the raid at dawn,

4 Then thereby raise dust,

4 Faatharna bihi naqAAan

4 Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,

5 Then rush thereby upon an assembly:

5 Fawasatna bihi jamAAan

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

6 Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.

6 Inna alinsana lirabbihi lakanoodun

6 Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

7 And most surely he is a witness of that.

7 Wainnahu AAala thalika lashaheedun

7 And lo! he is a witness unto that;

8 And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth.

8 Wainnahu lihubbi alkhayri lashadeedun

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

9 Does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised,

9 Afala yaAAlamu itha buAAthira ma fee alquboori

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

10 And what is in the breasts is made apparent?

10 Wahussila ma fee alssudoori

10 And the secrets of the breasts are made known,

11 Most surely their Lord that day shall be fully aware of them.

11 Inna rabbahum bihim yawmaithin lakhabeerun

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