Surah Al-Adiyat (The Chargers)

Topics in Surah Al-Adiyat

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Oaths (Qasam) (8 verses)
• Warfare (Harb) (5 verses)
• Happiness (Sa'adah) (5 verses)
• Miserliness (Bukhl) (3 verses)
• Daytime (Nahar) (3 verses)
• Man (Insan) (2 verses)
• Martyrdom (Shahadah) (2 verses)
• Economy (Iqtisad) (1 verses)
• Trustworthiness (Amanah) (1 verses)
• Luxury (Taraf) (1 verses)
• Empowerment (Tamkin) (1 verses)
• Fitnah (1 verses)
• The Grave (Qabr) (1 verses)
• Divine Decree (Qadar) (1 verses)
• Wealth (Mal) (1 verses)

Read Surah Al-Adiyat with English translation

1. 100:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبْحًۭا

   By the charging steeds that pant

2. 100:2

   فَٱلْمُورِيَٰتِ قَدْحًۭا

   and strike sparks with their hooves,

3. 100:3

   فَٱلْمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبْحًۭا

   who make dawn raids,

4. 100:4

   فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًۭا

   raising a cloud of dust,

5. 100:5

   فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا

   and plunging into the midst of the enemy,

6. 100:6

   إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٌۭ

   man is ungrateful to his Lord––

7. 100:7

   وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌۭ

   and He is witness to this––

8. 100:8

   وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

   he is truly excessive in his love of wealth.

9. 100:9

   ۞ أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

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

10. 100:10

    وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ

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

11. 100:11

    إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّخَبِيرٌۢ

    their Lord will be fully aware of them all?

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.