Chapter 100, 11 verses
By the racers, panting,
I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والعاديات ضبحا
By the (Steeds) that run, with panting (breath),
And the producers of sparks [when] striking
Then those that produce fire striking,
فالموريات قدحا
And strike sparks of fire,
And the chargers at dawn,
Then those that make raids at morn,
فالمغيرات صبحا
And push home the charge in the morning,
Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,
Then thereby raise dust,
فأثرن به نقعا
And raise the dust in clouds the while,
Arriving thereby in the center collectively,
Then rush thereby upon an assembly:
فوسطن به جمعا
And penetrate forthwith into the midst (of the foe) en masse; -
Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.
Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.
إن الإنسان لربه لكنود
Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;
And indeed, he is to that a witness.
And most surely he is a witness of that.
وإنه على ذلك لشهيد
And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);
And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.
And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth.
وإنه لحب الخير لشديد
And violent is he in his love of wealth.
But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered
Does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised,
۞ أفلا يعلم إذا بعثر ما في القبور
Does he not know, - when that which is in the graves is scattered abroad
And that within the breasts is obtained,
And what is in the breasts is made apparent?
وحصل ما في الصدور
And that which is (locked up) in (human) breasts is made manifest -
Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Acquainted.
Most surely their Lord that day shall be fully aware of them.
إن ربهم بهم يومئذ لخبير
That their Lord had been Well - acquainted with them, (even to) that Day?