بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
wal-ʿādiyāti ḍabḥan
’ By the galloping, panting horses,
fal-mūriyāti qadḥan
striking sparks of fire ˹with their hoofs˺,
fal-mughīrāti ṣub'ḥan
launching raids at dawn,
fa-atharna bihi naqʿan
stirring up ˹clouds of˺ dust,
fawasaṭna bihi jamʿan
and penetrating into the heart of enemy lines!
inna l-insāna lirabbihi lakanūdun
Surely humankind is ungrateful to their Lord—
wa-innahu ʿalā dhālika lashahīdun
and they certainly attest to this—
wa-innahu liḥubbi l-khayri lashadīdun
and they are truly extreme in their love of ˹worldly˺ gains.
afalā yaʿlamu idhā buʿ'thira mā fī l-qubūri
Do they not know that when the contents of the graves will be spilled out,
waḥuṣṣila mā fī l-ṣudūri
and the secrets of the hearts will be laid bare—
inna rabbahum bihim yawma-idhin lakhabīrun
surely their Lord is All-Aware of them on that Day.