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Surah Al-'Adiyat — Word by Word

العاديات

The Courser

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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

1
١

wal-ʿādiyāti ḍabḥan

By the racers, panting,

2
٢

fal-mūriyāti qadḥan

And the producers of sparks [when] striking

3
٣

fal-mughīrāti ṣub'ḥan

And the chargers at dawn,

4
٤

fa-atharna bihi naqʿan

Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

5
٥

fawasaṭna bihi jamʿan

Arriving thereby in the center collectively,

6
٦

inna l-insāna lirabbihi lakanūdun

Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

7
٧

wa-innahu ʿalā dhālika lashahīdun

And indeed, he is to that a witness.

8
٨

wa-innahu liḥubbi l-khayri lashadīdun

And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.

9
٩

afalā yaʿlamu idhā buʿ'thira mā fī l-qubūri

But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered

10
١٠

waḥuṣṣila mā fī l-ṣudūri

And that within the breasts is obtained,

11
١١

inna rabbahum bihim yawma-idhin lakhabīrun

Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Aware.