Al-Aadiyaat

By the charging steeds that pant

وَالْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا

wal-ʿādiyāti ḍabḥan

and strike sparks with their hooves,

فَالْمُورِيَاتِ قَدْحًا

fal-mūriyāti qadḥan

who make dawn raids,

فَالْمُغِيرَاتِ صُبْحًا

fal-mughīrāti ṣub'ḥan

raising a cloud of dust,

فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِ نَقْعًا

fa-atharna bihi naqʿan

and plunging into the midst of the enemy,

فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِ جَمْعًا

fawasaṭna bihi jamʿan

man is ungrateful to his Lord––

إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ

inna l-insāna lirabbihi lakanūdun

and He is witness to this––

وَإِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ

wa-innahu ʿalā dhālika lashahīdun

he is truly excessive in his love of wealth.

وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

wa-innahu liḥubbi l-khayri lashadīdun

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

أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِي الْقُبُورِ

afalā yaʿlamu idhā buʿ'thira mā fī l-qubūri

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

وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي الصُّدُورِ

waḥuṣṣila mā fī l-ṣudūri

their Lord will be fully aware of them all?

إِنَّ رَبَّهُمْ بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَخَبِيرٌ

inna rabbahum bihim yawma-idhin lakhabīrun