Surah Al-Adiyat : Those That Run

Introduction

This is one of the early Makkan Surahs. In the depth of its mystery and the rhythm and sublimity of its language and symbolism, it may be compared with Surah 79 Al Naziat (Those Who Tear Out). Its subject matter is the irresistible nature of spiritual power and knowledge, contrasted with unregenerate man's ingratitude, pettiness, helplessness, and ignorance.

Commentary

There are those that fight, with eager charge,
The hosts of evil, and storm its citadel.
But unregenerate man shows less
Than gratitude for Allah's most gracious
Bounties: his life bears witness to his treason
And his greed. Allah's knowledge is all-embracing:
All things hidden will be laid bare at Judgement.
........Abdullah Yusuf Ali [C.280]

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

"By the (Steeds)
That run, with panting (breath),
And strike sparks of fire,
And push home the charge
In the morning,
And raise the dust
In clouds the while,
And penetrate forthwith
Into the midst (of the foe)
En masse-
Truly man is,
To his Lord,
Ungrateful;
And to that (fact)
He bears witness
(By his deeds);
And violent is he
In his love of wealth.
Does he not know-
When that which is
In the graves is
Scattered abroad
And that which is
(Locked up) in (human) breasts
Is made manifest-
That thier Lord had been
Well-acquainted with them,
(Even to) that Day?"
....Qur'an

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