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Surah Al-'Adiyat (The Courser)

Meccan · 11 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.

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Verses

  1. وَٱلۡعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبۡحٗا

    By the snorting courses

    100:1
  2. فَٱلۡمُورِيَٰتِ قَدۡحٗا

    Striking sparks of fire

    100:2
  3. فَٱلۡمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبۡحٗا

    And scouring to the raid at dawn

    100:3
  4. فَأَثَرۡنَ بِهِۦ نَقۡعٗا

    Then, therewith, with their trail of dust

    100:4
  5. فَوَسَطۡنَ بِهِۦ جَمۡعًا

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

    100:5
  6. إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٞ

    Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

    100:6
  7. وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٞ

    And lo! he is a witness unto that

    100:7
  8. وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

    And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent

    100:8
  9. ۞أَفَلَا يَعۡلَمُ إِذَا بُعۡثِرَ مَا فِي ٱلۡقُبُورِ

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

    100:9
  10. وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي ٱلصُّدُورِ

    And the secrets of the breasts are made known

    100:10
  11. إِنَّ 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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