Sura C. 'adiyat, Or Those That Run. Section 1

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra C.: 'Adiyt, Or Those That Run.

Section 1

1. WaAlAAadiyati dabhaN

1. By the (Steeds)

That run, with panting (breath),

2. FaAlmooriyati qadhaN

2. And strike sparks of fire,

3. FaAlmugheerati subhaN

3. And push home the charge

In the morning,

4. Faatharna bihi naqAAaN

4. And raise the dust

In clouds the while,

5. Fawasatna bihi jamAAaN

5. And penetrate forthwith

Into the midst (of the foe)

En masse;--

6. Inna al-insana lirabbihi lakanoodUn

6. Truly Man is,

To his Lord,

Ungrateful;

7. Wa-innahu AAala thalika lashaheedUn

7. And to that (fact)

He bears witness

(By his deeds);

8. Wa-innahu lihubbi alkhayri lashadeedUn

8. And violent is he

In his love of wealth.

9. Afala yaAAlamu itha buAAthira ma fee alquboorI

9. Does he not know,--

When that which is

In the graves is

Scattered abroad

10. Wahussila ma fee aLssudoorI

10. And that which is

(Locked up) in (human) breasts

Is made manifest--

11. Inna rabbahum bihim yawma-ithin lakhabeerUn

11. That their Lord had been

Well-acquainted with them,

(Even to) that Day?