Al-Adiyat
thumb|right|Page from an 18th-century Qur'an showing al-Adiyat in Naskh (script)|naskh script with a Persian translation in red. Al-Adiyat or The War Horses which run swiftly (, al-ʿādiyāt, also known as "The Coursers, The Chargers") is the 100th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an, with 11 āyāt or verses. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, rather than later in Medina.
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"Al-Adiyat" (meaning "The War Horses") is the 100th chapter of the Qur'an, consisting of 11 verses, and is believed to have been revealed in Mecca during an earlier period of Islamic history. The chapter is notable as a concise Qur'anic text that begins with imagery of swiftly running horses, establishing it as part of the Qur'an's foundational revelations.
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- 100
- Surah.number 3
- 100
- Surah.name
- Al-ʿĀdiyāt
- Surah.name ar
- العاديات
- Surah.name en
- The War Horses
- Surah.prev_sura
- Quran 99
- Surah.next_sura
- Quran 101
- Surah.classification
- Meccan
- Surah.othernames
- The Chargers, The Assaulters
- Surah.juz
- 30
- Surah.verses
- 11
- Surah.words
- 40
- Surah.letters
- 168
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7 sectionsContents
- Summary
- Text
- Text and meaning
- Period of revelation
- Hadith
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Page from an 18th-century Qur'an showing al-Adiyat in Naskh (script)|naskh script with a Persian translation in red. Al-Adiyat or The War Horses which run swiftly (, al-ʿādiyāt, also known as "The Coursers, The Chargers") is the 100th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an, with 11 āyāt or verses. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, rather than later in Medina.
==Summary== 1-6 Oaths that man is ungrateful to his God 7-8 Man loves the things of this world 9-11 Man’s secret thoughts shall be discovered on the judgment day