The Chargers

Al-Aadiyaat

سورة العاديات

11 ayat · Makkiyah

ayat 1

وَٱلْعَـٰدِيَـٰتِ ضَبْحًا

’ By the galloping, panting horses

ayat 2

فَٱلْمُورِيَـٰتِ قَدْحًا

striking sparks of fire ˹with their hoofs˺

ayat 3

فَٱلْمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبْحًا

launching raids at dawn

ayat 4

فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًا

stirring up ˹clouds of˺ dust

ayat 5

فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا

and penetrating into the heart of enemy lines!

ayat 6

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٌ

Surely humankind is ungrateful to their Lord—

ayat 7

وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ

and they certainly attest to this—

ayat 8

وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

and they are truly extreme in their love of ˹worldly˺ gains.

ayat 9

۞ أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

Do they not know that when the contents of the graves will be spilled out

ayat 10

وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ

and the secrets of the hearts will be laid bare—

ayat 11

إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّخَبِيرٌۢ

surely their Lord is All-Aware of them on that Day.