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.