Surah Al-`Ādiyāt (The Courser) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. والعاديات ضبحا

   1

   By the snorting chargers,

   wa-l-ʿādiyāti ḍabḥan

2. فالموريات قدحا

   2

   by the strikers of sparks [with their hoofs],

   fa-l-mūriyāti qadḥan

3. فالمغيرات صبحا

   3

   by the raiders at dawn,

   fa-l-mughīrāti ṣubḥan

4. فأثرن به نقعا

   4

   raising therein a trail of dust,

   fa-ʾatharna bihī naqʿan

5. فوسطن به جمعا

   5

   and cleaving therein a host!

   fa-wasaṭna bihī jamʿan

6. إن الإنسان لربه لكنود

   6

   Indeed man is ungrateful to his Lord,

   ʾinna l-ʾinsāna li-rabbihī la-kanūdun

7. وإنه على ذلك لشهيد

   7

   and indeed he is [himself] witness to that!

   wa-ʾinnahū ʿalā dhālika la-shahīdun

8. وإنه لحب الخير لشديد

   8

   And indeed he is an avid lover of wealth.

   wa-ʾinnahū li-ḥubbi l-khayri la-shadīdun

9. أفلا يعلم إذا بعثر ما في القبور

   9

   Does he not know, when what is [buried] in the graves is turned over,

   ʾa-fa-lā yaʿlamu ʾidhā buʿthira mā fī l-qubūri