Surah Al-'Adiyat (The Courser)
Meccan · 11 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.
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Verses
وَٱلۡعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبۡحٗا
By the snorting courses
100:1فَٱلۡمُورِيَٰتِ قَدۡحٗا
Striking sparks of fire
100:2فَٱلۡمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبۡحٗا
And scouring to the raid at dawn
100:3فَأَثَرۡنَ بِهِۦ نَقۡعٗا
Then, therewith, with their trail of dust
100:4فَوَسَطۡنَ بِهِۦ جَمۡعًا
Cleaving, as one, the centre (of the foe)
100:5إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٞ
Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord
100:6وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٞ
And lo! he is a witness unto that
100:7وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ لَشَدِيدٌ
And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent
100:8۞أَفَلَا يَعۡلَمُ إِذَا بُعۡثِرَ مَا فِي ٱلۡقُبُورِ
Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured forth
100:9وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي ٱلصُّدُورِ
And the secrets of the breasts are made known
100:10إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّخَبِيرُۢ
On that day will their Lord be perfectly informed concerning them
100:11
Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.
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