Chapter1
This surah employs the imagery of racing camels to establish the absolute reality of the Day of Judgment, asserting that all cosmic movements will cease before the inevitable resurrection of humanity.
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King James Version (1611)
The most influential English translation ever made. Sometimes archaic, but the standard PD English text.
Translators commissioned by King James I of England, 1604–1611
By the racers, panting 2And the producers of sparks [when] striking 3And the chargers at dawn 4Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust 5Arriving thereby in the center collectively 6Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful 7And indeed, he is to that a witness 8And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense 9But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered 10And that within the breasts is obtained 11Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Acquainted
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1وَٱلۡعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبۡحٗا 2فَٱلۡمُورِيَٰتِ قَدۡحٗا 3فَٱلۡمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبۡحٗا 4فَأَثَرۡنَ بِهِۦ نَقۡعٗا 5فَوَسَطۡنَ بِهِۦ جَمۡعًا 6إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٞ 7وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٞ 8وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ لَشَدِيدٌ 9۞أَفَلَا يَعۡلَمُ إِذَا بُعۡثِرَ مَا فِي ٱلۡقُبُورِ 10وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي ٱلصُّدُورِ 11إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّخَبِيرُۢ
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