Al Adiyat

1 I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,

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

1 WaalAAadiyati dabhan

2 Then those that produce fire striking,

2 Striking sparks of fire

2 Faalmooriyati qadhan

3 Then those that make raids at morn,

3 And scouring to the raid at dawn,

3 Faalmugheerati subhan

4 Then thereby raise dust,

4 Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,

4 Faatharna bihi naqAAan

5 Then rush thereby upon an assembly:

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

5 Fawasatna bihi jamAAan

6 Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.

6 Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

6 Inna alinsana lirabbihi lakanoodun

7 And most surely he is a witness of that.

7 And lo! he is a witness unto that;

7 Wainnahu AAala thalika lashaheedun

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

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

8 Wainnahu lihubbi alkhayri lashadeedun

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

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

9 Afala yaAAlamu itha buAAthira ma fee alquboori

10 And what is in the breasts is made apparent?

10 And the secrets of the breasts are made known,

10 Wahussila ma fee alssudoori

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

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

11 Inna rabbahum bihim yawmaithin lakhabeerun