وَالْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا
OH, the chargers that run panting, (1)
فَالْمُورِيَاتِ قَدْحًا
sparks of fire striking, (2)
فَالْمُغِيرَاتِ صُبْحًا
rushing to assault at morn, (3)
فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِ نَقْعًا
thereby raising clouds of dust, (4)
فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِ جَمْعًا
thereby storming [blindly] into any host! (5)
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ
VERILY, towards his Sustainer man is most ungrateful (6)
وَإِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ
and to this, behold, he [himself] bears witness indeed: (7)
وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ
for, verily, to the love of wealth is he most ardently devoted. (8)
أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِي الْقُبُورِ
But does he not know that [on the Last Day,] when all that is in the graves is raised and brought out, (9)
وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي الصُّدُورِ
and all that is [hidden] in men's hearts is bared (10)
إِنَّ رَبَّهُمْ بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَخَبِيرٌ
that on that Day their Sustainer [will show that He] has always been fully aware of them? (11)
- And strike sparks of fire,6242
- 6242 With their hoofs. If we suppose the march to be in the dead of night, the sparks of fire would be still more conspicuous.
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And strike sparks of fire,
— Abdullah Yusuf Ali -
Striking sparks of fire
— Marmaduke Pickthall -
Then those that produce fire striking,
— M. Habib Shakir -
Striking sparks of fire (by their hooves),
— Taqiuddin Hilali and M. Mohsin Khan -
And striking off fire by dashing their hoofs.
— Abdul-Majid Daryabadi -
by the strikers of fire,
— Hasan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish -
the strikers of fire,
— Ayub Khan -
Which strike sparks of fire with their hoofs,
— Sher Ali -
sparks of fire striking,
— Muhammad Asad -
by the strikers of fire,
— Arthur Arberry -
then raise sparks of fire (by their hoofs),{{2}}
— Abu'l Ala Maududi