Al Adiyat

1 WaalAAadiyati dabhan

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

1 By the racers, panting,

2 Faalmooriyati qadhan

2 And strike sparks of fire,

2 And the producers of sparks [when] striking

3 Faalmugheerati subhan

3 And push home the charge in the morning,

3 And the chargers at dawn,

4 Faatharna bihi naqAAan

4 And raise the dust in clouds the while,

4 Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

5 Fawasatna bihi jamAAan

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

5 Arriving thereby in the center collectively,

6 Inna alinsana lirabbihi lakanoodun

6 Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;

6 Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

7 Wainnahu AAala thalika lashaheedun

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

7 And indeed, he is to that a witness.

8 Wainnahu lihubbi alkhayri lashadeedun

8 And violent is he in his love of wealth.

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

9 Afala yaAAlamu itha buAAthira ma fee alquboori

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

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

10 Wahussila ma fee alssudoori

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

10 And that within the breasts is obtained,

11 Inna rabbahum bihim yawmaithin lakhabeerun

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

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