Al-'Adiyat

wal-ʿādiyāti ḍabḥan

By the charging steeds that pant

fal-mūriyāti qadḥan

and strike sparks with their hooves,

fal-mughīrāti ṣub'ḥan

who make dawn raids,

fa-atharna bihi naqʿan

raising a cloud of dust,

fawasaṭna bihi jamʿan

and plunging into the midst of the enemy,

inna l-insāna lirabbihi lakanūdun

man is ungrateful to his Lord––

wa-innahu ʿalā dhālika lashahīdun

and He is witness to this––

wa-innahu liḥubbi l-khayri lashadīdun

he is truly excessive in his love of wealth.

afalā yaʿlamu idhā buʿ'thira mā fī l-qubūri

Does he not know that when the contents of graves burst forth,

waḥuṣṣila mā fī l-ṣudūri

when the secrets of hearts are uncovered, on that Day,

inna rabbahum bihim yawma-idhin lakhabīrun

their Lord will be fully aware of them all?