Al-Qur'an Surah Al-'Adiyat Verse 5

Mufti Taqi Usmani

then enter, at the same time, into the centre of the (opposing) host,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and penetrating into the heart of enemy lines!

Ruwwad Translation Center

plunging thereby into the midst of the enemy,

A. J. Arberry

cleaving there with a host!

Abdul Haleem

and plunging into the midst of the enemy,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And cleaving their way therein into the host,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And penetrate forthwith into the midst (of the foe) en masse;-

Abul Ala Maududi

and penetrate deep into a host.

Ahmed Ali

Penetrating deep into the armies,

Ahmed Raza Khan

Then penetrate to the centre of the enemy army.

Ali Quli Qarai

and cleaving therein a host!

Ali Ünal

Storming thereby into a host, cleaving it:

Amatul Rahman Omar

They penetrate thus right into the middle of the (enemy) ranks,

English Literal

So they were in the middle with it all together/(in) a group .

Faridul Haque

Then penetrate to the centre of the enemy army.

Hamid S. Aziz

And cleave through a host therein!

Hilali & Khan

Penetrating forthwith as one into the midst (of the foe);

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Then rush thereby upon an assembly:

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Cleaving, as one, the centre (of the foe),

Muhammad Sarwar

which engulfs the enemy.

Qaribullah & Darwish

dividing the gathering.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And penetrating forthwith as one into the midst.

Wahiduddin Khan

forcing their way into the midst of the enemy,

Talal Itani

Storming into the midst.

Tafsir jalalayn

cleaving therewith, with the dust, a host, of the enemy, that is to say, cutting right into their centre! (the verb is supplemented to the noun [in the above instances] because it serves to explain the verbal action, in other words, wa'llt `adawna fa-awrayna fa-agharna, `by those that charge, then strike sparks, then raid').

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And penetrating forthwith as one into the midst.

means, then are all in the middle of that spot, together.

Allah's saying;
فَالْمُغِيرَتِ صُبْحاً
(And scouring to the raid at dawn), Ibn Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah, all said,

"This means the invasion of the horses in the morning in the way of Allah."

And His statement,
فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِ نَقْعاً
(And raise the dust in clouds the while),

This is the place in which the attack takes place. The dust is stirred up by it.

And His statement,
فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِ جَمْعاً
(And penetrating forthwith as one into the midst), Al-Awfi narrated from Ibn Abbas, Ata, Ikrimah, Qatadah and Ad-Dahhak that they all said,

"This means into the midst of the disbelieving enemy."

Concerning Allah's statement,

إِنَّ الاِْنسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ