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 to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);6247
- 6247 Man himself, by his conduct, proves the charge of treason against himself.
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And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);
— Abdullah Yusuf Ali -
And lo! he is a witness unto that;
— Marmaduke Pickthall -
And most surely he is a witness of that.
— M. Habib Shakir -
And to that fact he bears witness (by his deeds);
— Taqiuddin Hilali and M. Mohsin Khan -
And verily to that he is witness.
— Abdul-Majid Daryabadi -
To this he himself shall bear witness.
— Hasan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish -
and surely he is a witness to that;
— Ayub Khan -
And, surely, he bears witness to it by his conduct.
— Sher Ali -
and to this, behold, he [himself] bears witness indeed:
— Muhammad Asad -
and surely he is a witness against that!
— Arthur Arberry -
and he himself is a witness to that,{{5}}
— Abu'l Ala Maududi