Al Adiyat

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1 WaalAAadiyati dabhan

Shakir

1 I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

2 Faalmooriyati qadhan

Shakir

2 Then those that produce fire striking,

Pickthall

2 Striking sparks of fire

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3 Faalmugheerati subhan

Shakir

3 Then those that make raids at morn,

Pickthall

3 And scouring to the raid at dawn,

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4 Faatharna bihi naqAAan

Shakir

4 Then thereby raise dust,

Pickthall

4 Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,

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5 Fawasatna bihi jamAAan

Shakir

5 Then rush thereby upon an assembly:

Pickthall

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

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6 Inna alinsana lirabbihi lakanoodun

Shakir

6 Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.

Pickthall

6 Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

Transliteration

7 Wainnahu AAala thalika lashaheedun

Shakir

7 And most surely he is a witness of that.

Pickthall

7 And lo! he is a witness unto that;

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8 Wainnahu lihubbi alkhayri lashadeedun

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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9 Afala yaAAlamu itha buAAthira ma fee alquboori

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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10 Wahussila ma fee alssudoori

Shakir

10 And what is in the breasts is made apparent?

Pickthall

10 And the secrets of the breasts are made known,

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11 Inna rabbahum bihim yawmaithin lakhabeerun

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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