الـعاديات

1 By the racers, panting,

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

2 And the producers of sparks [when] striking

2 And strike sparks of fire,

3 And the chargers at dawn,

3 And push home the charge in the morning,

4 Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

4 And raise the dust in clouds the while,

5 Arriving thereby in the center collectively,

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

6 Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

6 Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;

7 And indeed, he is to that a witness.

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

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

8 And violent is he in his love of wealth.

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

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

10 And that within the breasts is obtained,

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

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

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