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100. Al-Aadiyaat · The Chargers

The force and urgency of charging horses introduce a sharp reflection on human ingratitude and attachment to wealth. The opening energy is redirected toward resurrection, when graves and hearts disclose what was hidden from other people's view.

Updated 20 October 2026Editorial review edition

Meccan (traditional classification) · 11 verses

Editorial themes: Ingratitude · Wealth · Resurrection · Hidden intentions

English: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), public-domain translation. Arabic: Tanzil Project, Uthmani 1.1, used verbatim under its text licence. Text provenance & limitations →

A note on Arabic, English and verse numbering

Tanzil’s Arabic source includes the opening basmala with the first verse of surahs other than 9. Pickthall’s numbered translation includes it at 1:1; at other surah openings it is not repeated within the numbered English verse. This display preserves both source conventions. The Arabic is not a collection of all variant readings.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبْحًا

By the snorting courses,

فَٱلْمُورِيَٰتِ قَدْحًا

Striking sparks of fire

فَٱلْمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبْحًا

And scouring to the raid at dawn,

فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًا

Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,

فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا

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

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٌ

Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ

And lo! he is a witness unto that;

وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

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

أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

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

وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ

And the secrets of the breasts are made known,

إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّخَبِيرٌۢ

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

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