Al-Qur'an Surah Al-'Adiyat Verse 1

Mufti Taqi Usmani

(I swear) by those (horses) that run snorting,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

’ By the galloping, panting horses,

Ruwwad Translation Center

By the galloping, panting horses,

A. J. Arberry

By the snorting chargers,

Abdul Haleem

By the charging steeds that pant

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

By the chargers panting,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

By the (Steeds) that run, with panting (breath),

Abul Ala Maududi

By (the horses) that charge snorting,

Ahmed Ali

I CALL TO witness the chargers, snorting, rushing to battle before the others,

Ahmed Raza Khan

By oath of those that sprint, breathing heavily. (The horses used in Holy War.)

Ali Quli Qarai

By the snorting chargers,

Ali Ünal

By the chargers that run panting,

Amatul Rahman Omar

I call to witness the panting and snorting chargers (of the warriors).

English Literal

And/by the panting/changing colour , attacking forces/horses.

Faridul Haque

By oath of those that sprint, breathing heavily. (The horses used in Holy War.)

Hamid S. Aziz

By the snorting chargers!

Hilali & Khan

By the (steeds) that run, with panting (breath),

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And those producing fire, striking!

Mohammad Habib Shakir

I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

By the snorting courses,

Muhammad Sarwar

(I swear) by the snorting chargers (of the warriors), whose hoofs strike against the rocks

Qaribullah & Darwish

By the snorting runners (the horses),

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

By the `Adiyat (steeds), snorting.

Wahiduddin Khan

By the snorting, panting horses,

Talal Itani

By the racers panting.

Tafsir jalalayn

By the chargers, the steeds that charge in attack and snort [with a], snorting -- this being the [name of the] sound which they emit from inside them when they charge;

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Swearing by the Horses of War about the Ungratefulness of Man and His Zeal for Wealth

Allah swears

وَالْعَادِيَاتِ
ضَبْحًا




By the `Adiyat(steeds), snorting.

Allah swears by the horses when they are made to gallop into battle in His path (i.e., Jihad), and thus they run and pant, which is the sound that is heard from the horse when it runs.

فَالْمُورِيَاتِ قَدْحًا