The Qur’ān Translated

Sūrah 100

Sūrah al-‘Ādiyāt

Makkan · 11 verses · 2 passages · paired with Sūrah al-Zilzāl

This sūrah forms a pair with Sūrah al-Zilzāl; the introduction covering both is on that page.

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Ever-Merciful.

Gasping galloping horses bear witness; then striking fire with their hooves, then raiding at dawn, then blazing a trail of dust in it and with it, penetrating into a throng that this man [living in the peaceful surroundings of the Baytullāh] is certainly very ungrateful to his Lord. In reality, to this attitude of his, he himself is a witness. And, in fact, intense is he in the love of wealth.

Then, is he not aware when the graves are laid open and whatever is in the chests is taken out from them? Indeed, their Lord on that day shall be well aware of them.