وَٱلْعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبْحًا ١
wal-ʿādiyāti ḍabḥan
1. By the racers, panting,1967
Notes
[1967] i.e., the horses bearing riders as they race to attack the enemy.
Surah Al-’Adiyat transliteration
سورة العاديات
Here is Surah Al-’Adiyat (“The Courser”) in transliteration: each of its 11 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
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
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
فَٱلْمُورِيَٰتِ قَدْحًا ٢
fal-mūriyāti qadḥan
2. And the producers of sparks [when] striking1968
Notes
[1968] Their hoofs while galloping over rocky terrain.
فَٱلْمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبْحًا ٣
fal-mughīrāti ṣub'ḥan
3. And the chargers at dawn,1969
Notes
[1969] While the enemy is unaware.
فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِۦ نَقْعًا ٤
fa-atharna bihi naqʿan
4. Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,
فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِۦ جَمْعًا ٥
fawasaṭna bihi jamʿan
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
inna l-insāna lirabbihi lakanūdun
6. Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.
وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ ٧
wa-innahu ʿalā dhālika lashahīdun
7. And indeed, he is to that a witness.1971
Notes
[1971] Through his speech and his actions.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ ٨
wa-innahu liḥubbi l-khayri lashadīdun
8. And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.
أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ ٩
afalā yaʿlamu idhā buʿ'thira mā fī l-qubūri
9. But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered
وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ ١٠
waḥuṣṣila mā fī l-ṣudūri
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
inna rabbahum bihim yawma-idhin lakhabīrun
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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