The Courser
•11 verses
A Meccan surah of 11 verses, Al-'Adiyat takes its name from the war horses that charge while panting, and was revealed to denounce human ingratitude.
Al-'Adiyat uses the image of galloping horses to illustrate the energy spent in this worldly life, then denounces mankind's ingratitude toward their Lord and excessive love of wealth.
Ask your child to list Allah's blessings in their life to cultivate gratitude and counter the ingratitude denounced in this surah.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the racers, panting,1
And the producers of sparks [when] striking1
And the chargers at dawn,1
Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,
Arriving thereby in the center1 collectively,
Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.
And indeed, he is to that a witness.1
And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.
But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered
And that within the breasts is obtained,1
Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Aware.1
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