وَٱلْعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبْحًا ١
1. By the racers, panting,1967
Notes
[1967] i.e., the horses bearing riders as they race to attack the enemy.
Memorize Surah Al-’Adiyat
سورة العاديات
Surah Al-’Adiyat has 11 verses on 2 pages of the Madinah mushaf (pages 599 to 600), in juz 30. It splits into 2 portions, one per page: learn one, recite it without help, then move on to the next while linking it to the previous one.
Memorization plan for Surah Al-’Adiyat
2 portions, one per page of the Madinah mushaf. Tap a portion to practise it; its status stays in this browser.
At one page a day, allow 2 days; at half a page a day, 4 days, with reviews in every session.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
فَٱلْمُورِيَٰتِ قَدْحًا ٢
2. And the producers of sparks [when] striking1968
Notes
[1968] Their hoofs while galloping over rocky terrain.
فَٱلْمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبْحًا ٣
3. And the chargers at dawn,1969
Notes
[1969] While the enemy is unaware.
فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًا ٤
4. Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,
فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا ٥
5. Arriving thereby in the center1970 collectively,
Notes
[1970] i.e., penetrating into the enemy ranks during a surprise attack.
إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٌ ٦
6. Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.
وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ ٧
7. And indeed, he is to that a witness.1971
Notes
[1971] Through his speech and his actions.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ ٨
8. And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.
أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ ٩
9. But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered
وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ ١٠
10. And that within the breasts is obtained,1972
Notes
[1972] i.e., when all secrets are made known.
إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّخَبِيرٌۢ ١١
11. Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Aware.1973
Notes
[1973] Fully acquainted and familiar with everything about each one of them.
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The method in five steps
- Read and listen
Read the portion while following a reciter, verse by verse, until you can say it without hesitation.
- Repeat
Repeat each verse several times with a pause to say it after the reciter, then join the verses together.
- Hide
Hide one word in three, then two in three, then keep only the first letters, and finally the whole text.
- Recite
Recite from memory: get tested on what follows a random verse, record yourself or recite to someone.
- Review
Come back to each portion the next day, then at longer and longer intervals, and review before learning something new.