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Surah Al-'Adiyat (العاديات) — “The Courser” — is a Meccan chapter with 11 verses. Read the full Arabic text with translation, transliteration and audio on Al-Qalam.

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Al-'Adiyat

العاديات

The Courser · 11 verses · Meccan

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

وَٱلْعَـٰدِيَـٰتِ ضَبْحًا

wal-ʿādiyāti ḍabḥan

By the racers, panting,

فَٱلْمُورِيَـٰتِ قَدْحًا

fal-mūriyāti qadḥan

And the producers of sparks [when] striking

فَٱلْمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبْحًا

fal-mughīrāti ṣub'ḥan

And the chargers at dawn,

فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًا

fa-atharna bihi naqʿan

Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا

fawasaṭna bihi jamʿan

Arriving thereby in the center collectively,

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٌ

inna l-insāna lirabbihi lakanūdun

Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ

wa-innahu ʿalā dhālika lashahīdun

And indeed, he is to that a witness.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

wa-innahu liḥubbi l-khayri lashadīdun

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

۞ أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

afalā yaʿlamu idhā buʿ'thira mā fī l-qubūri

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

وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ

waḥuṣṣila mā fī l-ṣudūri

And that within the breasts is obtained,

إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّخَبِيرٌۢ

inna rabbahum bihim yawma-idhin lakhabīrun

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