100:1
وَالْعٰدِیٰتِ ضَبْحًا
By the racers, panting,
Surah 100 of 114 · Makkah · Juz 30
Surah Al-'Adiyat
The Courser
العاديات11 ayahs
Revealed in Makkah
Translation: Saheeh International
About Surah Al-'Adiyat
The opening five ayahs describe horses in a raid: racing and panting, striking sparks from the ground, charging at dawn, throwing up dust, driving into the middle of a gathering (100:1 to 100:5). Al-Adiyat means those that run, and the surah takes its name from that first word. Makkan, eleven ayahs, and the only surah that opens on the sound of cavalry.
The noise stops as suddenly as it started. Man is ungrateful to his Lord, and he is himself a witness to that (100:6, 100:7), and his love of wealth is intense (100:8). The closing question asks whether he knows what happens when the contents of the graves are scattered and what is held in the chests is brought out, and that his Lord on that Day is fully aware of them (100:9, 100:10, 100:11). The whole movement, from a charge across open ground to the inside of a person's chest, takes eleven short lines.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
100:2
فَالْمُوْرِیٰتِ قَدْحًا
And the producers of sparks [when] striking
100:3
فَالْمُغِیْرٰتِ صُبْحًا
And the chargers at dawn,
100:4
فَاَثَرْنَ بِهٖ نَقْعًا
Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,
100:5
فَوَسَطْنَ بِهٖ جَمْعًا
Arriving thereby in the center collectively,
100:6
اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لِرَبِّهٖ لَكَنُوْدٌ
Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.
100:7
وَاِنَّهٗ عَلٰی ذٰلِكَ لَشَهِیْدٌ
And indeed, he is to that a witness.
100:8
وَاِنَّهٗ لِحُبِّ الْخَیْرِ لَشَدِیْدٌ ۟ؕ
And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.
100:9
اَفَلَا یَعْلَمُ اِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِی الْقُبُوْرِ
But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered
100:10
وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِی الصُّدُوْرِ
And that within the breasts is obtained,
100:11
اِنَّ رَبَّهُمْ بِهِمْ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ لَّخَبِیْرٌ
Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Aware.
Surah Al-'Adiyat in the Quran, with the Arabic in IndoPak Nastaleeq, 11 ayahs, translation, word by word meaning and recitation. Recite it offline on your phone with the free Android app.