Al Adiyat

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

1 WaalAAadiyati dabhan

Yusuf Ali

2 And strike sparks of fire,

Pickthall

2 Striking sparks of fire

Transliteration

2 Faalmooriyati qadhan

Yusuf Ali

3 And push home the charge in the morning,

Pickthall

3 And scouring to the raid at dawn,

Transliteration

3 Faalmugheerati subhan

Yusuf Ali

4 And raise the dust in clouds the while,

Pickthall

4 Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,

Transliteration

4 Faatharna bihi naqAAan

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

5 Fawasatna bihi jamAAan

Yusuf Ali

6 Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;

Pickthall

6 Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

Transliteration

6 Inna alinsana lirabbihi lakanoodun

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

7 And lo! he is a witness unto that;

Transliteration

7 Wainnahu AAala thalika lashaheedun

Yusuf Ali

8 And violent is he in his love of wealth.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

8 Wainnahu lihubbi alkhayri lashadeedun

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

9 Afala yaAAlamu itha buAAthira ma fee alquboori

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

10 And the secrets of the breasts are made known,

Transliteration

10 Wahussila ma fee alssudoori

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

11 Inna rabbahum bihim yawmaithin lakhabeerun