The Racers, Shocker

100. THE RACERS (al-’Adiyat)

^1-5 By:

• the racers panting, igniting sparks when striking
• the raiders at dawn raising clouds of dust gathering in the center collectively.

^6-8 The human being is:

• ungrateful to his Lord
• fierce in his love of wealth.

⁹ But he does not know when the contents of the graves are scattered around and the contents of the hearts are obtained.

101. THE SHOCKER (al-Qari’ah)

^1-3 The Striking Calamity is a Day when:

• people will be dispersed like moths,
• the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up

^6-11 The people whose scales are heavy with good deeds will have a pleasant life.

• But for he whose scales are light, his home is the Abyss, a Raging Fire.

102. ABUNDANCE (at-Takathur)

¹ By

103. TIME (al-’Asr)

¹ By Time, ² the human being is in loss, ³ except those who:

• believe,
• do good works, and
• encourage truth, and
• recommend patience.

104. THE BACKBITER (al-Humazah)

¹ Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.

² The man who gathers wealth and continuously counts it thinks that his wealth has made him immortal.

^4-7 No! He will be thrown into the Crusher, which is the fire of Enki, directed at hearts.

⁸ Hellfire will be closed down on them in extended columns.