আল আদিয়াত

1 I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,

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

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

2 Then those that produce fire striking,

2 And strike sparks of fire,

2 Striking sparks of fire

3 Then those that make raids at morn,

3 And push home the charge in the morning,

3 And scouring to the raid at dawn,

4 Then thereby raise dust,

4 And raise the dust in clouds the while,

4 Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,

5 Then rush thereby upon an assembly:

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

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

6 Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.

6 Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;

6 Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

7 And most surely he is a witness of that.

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

7 And lo! he is a witness unto that;

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

8 And violent is he in his love of wealth.

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

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

10 And the secrets of the breasts are made known,

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

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

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