Surah 100. Al-Aadijaat — The Chargers
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The English text of surah 100 (Al-Aadijaat, “The Chargers”), 11 verses, from the public-domain translation The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1934), shown next to the Arabic original. Read this surah interactively.
By the (Steeds) that run, with panting (breath),
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبْحًا
And strike sparks of fire,
فَٱلْمُورِيَٰتِ قَدْحًا
And push home the charge in the morning,
فَٱلْمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبْحًا
And raise the dust in clouds the while,
فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًا
And penetrate forthwith into the midst (of the foe) en masse;-
فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا
Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;
إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٌ
And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);
وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ
And violent is he in his love of wealth.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ
Does he not know,- when that which is in the graves is scattered abroad,
أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ
And that which is (locked up) in (human) breasts is made manifest-
وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ
That their Lord had been Well-acquainted with them, (even to) that Day?
إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّخَبِيرٌۢ