Al Adiyat

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

1 I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,

1 By the racers, panting,

2 And strike sparks of fire,

2 Then those that produce fire striking,

2 And the producers of sparks [when] striking

3 And push home the charge in the morning,

3 Then those that make raids at morn,

3 And the chargers at dawn,

4 And raise the dust in clouds the while,

4 Then thereby raise dust,

4 Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

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

5 Then rush thereby upon an assembly:

5 Arriving thereby in the center collectively,

6 Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;

6 Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.

6 Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

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

7 And most surely he is a witness of that.

7 And indeed, he is to that a witness.

8 And violent is he in his love of wealth.

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

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

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

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 that within the breasts is obtained,

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