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Tafsir of Surah Al-'Adiyat (100) — The Courser · العاديات

Meccan surah, 11 ayat. Read the whole surah

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Al-'Adiyat 100:1

وَٱلۡعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبۡحٗا

By the racers, panting

Tafsir 100:1

Allah takes an oath on the horses that run so hard that their breath can be heard.

Al-'Adiyat 100:2

فَٱلۡمُورِيَٰتِ قَدۡحٗا

And the producers of sparks [when] striking

Tafsir 100:2

And He also takes an oath on the horses who, when their shoes strike the stones with force, sparks fly.

Al-'Adiyat 100:3

فَٱلۡمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبۡحٗا

And the chargers at dawn

Tafsir 100:3

And He also takes an oath on the horses that raid the enemy at dawn.

Al-'Adiyat 100:4

فَأَثَرۡنَ بِهِۦ نَقۡعٗا

Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust

Tafsir 100:4

And unsettle the dust by their running.

Al-'Adiyat 100:5

فَوَسَطۡنَ بِهِۦ جَمۡعًا

Arriving thereby in the center collectively

Tafsir 100:5

They then take their riders collectively into the midst of the enemy.

Al-'Adiyat 100:6

إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٞ

Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful

Tafsir 100:6

Indeed, the human is hesitant of the goodness his Lord intends from him.

Al-'Adiyat 100:7

وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٞ

And indeed, he is to that a witness

Tafsir 100:7

And indeed, he is witness to the goodness he is hesitant in giving; he cannot deny it because of its clarity.

Al-'Adiyat 100:8

وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense

Tafsir 100:8

And indeed, he is miserly with his wealth due to his extreme love for it.

Al-'Adiyat 100:9

۞أَفَلَا يَعۡلَمُ إِذَا بُعۡثِرَ مَا فِي ٱلۡقُبُورِ

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

Tafsir 100:9

Does this human, deceived by the worldly life, not know that when Allah will resurrect the dead from their graves and take them out of the earth to take them to account and requite them, that the matter will not be as he imagines?

Al-'Adiyat 100:10

وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي ٱلصُّدُورِ

And that within the breasts is obtained

Tafsir 100:10

And the intentions, beliefs etc. within the hearts will be made clear and apparent.

Al-'Adiyat 100:11

إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّخَبِيرُۢ

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

Tafsir 100:11

Indeed, their Lord will be aware of every matter of theirs on that day; none of the affairs of His servants will be hidden from Him, and He will requite them for that.

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