Al Adiyat

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

1 I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,

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

2 And strike sparks of fire,

2 Then those that produce fire striking,

2 Striking sparks of fire

3 And push home the charge in the morning,

3 Then those that make raids at morn,

3 And scouring to the raid at dawn,

4 And raise the dust in clouds the while,

4 Then thereby raise dust,

4 Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,

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

5 Then rush thereby upon an assembly:

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

6 Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;

6 Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.

6 Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

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

7 And most surely he is a witness of that.

7 And lo! he is a witness unto that;

8 And violent is he in his love of wealth.

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

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

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

9 Does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised,

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

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

10 And what is in the breasts is made apparent?

10 And the secrets of the breasts are made known,

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

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

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