Surah Al-'Adiyat — Word by Word
العاديات
The Courser
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
wal-ʿādiyāti ḍabḥan
By the racers, panting,
fal-mūriyāti qadḥan
And the producers of sparks [when] striking
fal-mughīrāti ṣub'ḥan
And the chargers at dawn,
fa-atharna bihi naqʿan
Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,
fawasaṭna bihi jamʿan
Arriving thereby in the center collectively,
inna l-insāna lirabbihi lakanūdun
Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.
wa-innahu ʿalā dhālika lashahīdun
And indeed, he is to that a witness.
wa-innahu liḥubbi l-khayri lashadīdun
And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.
afalā yaʿlamu idhā buʿ'thira mā fī l-qubūri
But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered
waḥuṣṣila mā fī l-ṣudūri
And that within the breasts is obtained,
inna rabbahum bihim yawma-idhin lakhabīrun
Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Aware.