Chapter 100: The Courser

AL-ADIYAT (THE COURSER, THE CHARGERS)
Total Verses: 11
Revealed At: MAKKA

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

100.001 Y: By the (Steeds) that run, with panting (breath),

P: By the snorting courses,

S: I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,

100.002 Y: And strike sparks of fire,

P: Striking sparks of fire

S: Then those that produce fire striking,

100.003 Y: And push home the charge in the morning,

P: And scouring to the raid at dawn,

S: Then those that make raids at morn,

100.004 Y: And raise the dust in clouds the while,

P: Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,

S: Then thereby raise dust,

100.005 Y: And penetrate forthwith into the midst (of the foe) en masse;-

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

S: Then rush thereby upon an assembly:

100.006 Y: Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;

P: Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

S: Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.

100.007 Y: And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);

P: And lo! he is a witness unto that;

S: And most surely he is a witness of that.

100.008 Y: And violent is he in his love of wealth.

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

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

100.009 Y: Does he not know,- when that which is in the graves is scattered abroad,

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

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

100.010 Y: And that which is (locked up) in (human) breasts is made manifest-

P: And the secrets of the breasts are made known,

S: And what is in the breasts is made apparent?

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

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

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