Thafseer Lafzi = the meaning of every word. For each surah: read the Arabic, learn the word-by-word meanings (the chips), then rebuild the translation in the Word-by-word tab. Theme / occasion / reflection are collapsed under each surah as background — context, not the focus of the lafzi paper. Flash mode hides the meanings so you can self-test.
سُورَةُ الْعَادِيَاتِAl-Adiyat — “The Chargers / Racers” Makki · 11 verses · #100
Theme & context (background)
🎯 Theme: man is ungrateful to his Lord and consumed by love of wealth — yet a Day is coming when all hidden things are exposed.
📜 Context: Allah swears by the warhorses charging into battle — panting, striking sparks, raiding at dawn,
stirring dust, plunging into the enemy ranks — a vivid oath that contrasts the horses' loyalty and effort with man's
ingratitude to his Creator.
Text & translation
وَالْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا ﴿١﴾1. By the racers, panting,
فَالْمُورِيَاتِ قَدْحًا ﴿٢﴾2. striking sparks (with their hooves),
فَالْمُغِيرَاتِ صُبْحًا ﴿٣﴾3. raiding at dawn,
فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِ نَقْعًا ﴿٤﴾4. stirring up clouds of dust,
فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِ جَمْعًا ﴿٥﴾5. plunging into the midst of the enemy.
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ ﴿٦﴾6. Indeed, man is ungrateful to his Lord,
وَإِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ ﴿٧﴾7. and he is himself a witness to that,
وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿٨﴾8. and he is intense in his love of wealth.
أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِي الْقُبُورِ ﴿٩﴾9. Does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered,
وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي الصُّدُورِ ﴿١٠﴾10. and what is in the breasts is brought out —
إِنَّ رَبَّهُمْ بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَخَبِيرٌ ﴿١١﴾11. that their Lord, that Day, is fully aware of them?
Key words (lafzi)
الْعَادِيَاتِthe racers / charging horses
ضَبْحًاpanting (in their run)
الْمُورِيَاتِ قَدْحًاstriking sparks (with hooves)
الْمُغِيرَاتِ صُبْحًاraiding at dawn
نَقْعًاdust (cloud)
فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِ جَمْعًاplunging into the enemy ranks
لَكَنُودٌungrateful
لَشَهِيدٌsurely a witness
لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌintense in love of wealth
بُعْثِرَ مَا فِي الْقُبُورِgraves' contents scattered
مَا فِي الصُّدُورِwhat is in the breasts
لَخَبِيرٌfully aware
Reflection (background)
💡 Lesson: beware ingratitude (كَنُود) and obsessive love of wealth. Remember the Day when
even what is hidden in the hearts is exposed — Allah is fully aware.
سُورَةُ الْقَارِعَةِAl-Qari'ah — “The Striking Calamity” Makki · 11 verses · #101
Theme & context (background)
🎯 Theme: a scene of the Day of Judgement — when deeds are weighed: a heavy scale brings bliss, a light scale brings the Fire.
📜 Context: al-Qari‘ah (“the striking/crashing one”) is a name of the Resurrection. People will scatter like
moths and the mountains will become like fluffed wool; everything then hinges on the balance (mizan) of one's deeds.
Text & translation
الْقَارِعَةُ ﴿١﴾ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٢﴾1–2. The Striking Calamity! What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٣﴾3. And what will make you realise what it is?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ ﴿٤﴾4. The Day people will be like scattered moths,
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ ﴿٥﴾5. and the mountains like fluffed-up wool.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ﴿٦﴾ فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ ﴿٧﴾6–7. As for the one whose scales are heavy, he will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ﴿٨﴾ فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ﴿٩﴾8–9. But as for the one whose scales are light, his refuge will be the Abyss.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ ﴿١٠﴾ نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ ﴿١١﴾10–11. And what will make you realise what it is? A blazing Fire.
Key words (lafzi)
الْقَارِعَةُthe striking calamity (Resurrection)
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَand what will make you know
كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِlike scattered moths
كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِlike fluffed wool
ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُhis scales are heavy
عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍa pleasant life
خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُhis scales are light
هَاوِيَةٌthe Abyss (a name of Hell)
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌa blazing fire
Reflection (background)
💡 Lesson: everything ends on the balance — fill your scale with good deeds now, while they can still be weighed.
A heavy scale = a pleasant life; a light scale = the Abyss.
سُورَةُ التَّكَاثُرِAt-Takathur — “Rivalry in Worldly Increase” Makki · 8 verses · #102
Theme & context (background)
🎯 Theme: the competition to pile up wealth and numbers distracts people from the Hereafter — until death, and then a reckoning for every blessing.
📜 Context: a rebuke of those obsessed with boasting about wealth and numbers. It is reported that two clans even
went to the graves to count their dead in their rivalry. The surah warns that everyone will be questioned about the
blessings (na‘eem) they enjoyed.
Text & translation
أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ ﴿١﴾1. The mutual rivalry for piling up (worldly things) distracts you,
حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ ﴿٢﴾2. until you visit the graves.
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾ ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤﴾3–4. No! You will come to know. Again, no! You will come to know.
كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ ﴿٥﴾5. No! If only you knew with certainty of knowledge —
لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ ﴿٦﴾ ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ ﴿٧﴾6–7. You will surely see the Hellfire; then you will see it with the eye of certainty.
ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ ﴿٨﴾8. Then, that Day, you will surely be asked about the pleasures (you enjoyed).
Key words (lafzi)
أَلْهَاكُمُit distracted / diverted you
التَّكَاثُرُrivalry for piling up (wealth/numbers)
زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَyou visit the graves (i.e. die)
كَلَّاNay! / no indeed
سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَyou will come to know
عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِcertainty of knowledge
لَتَرَوُنَّyou will surely see
الْجَحِيمَthe Hellfire
عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِthe eye / sight of certainty
لَتُسْأَلُنَّyou will surely be asked
النَّعِيمِthe pleasures / blessings
Reflection (background)
💡 Lesson: don't let materialism and boasting distract you from the Hereafter. You will be questioned about every
blessing — health, time, wealth — so use them in obedience.
سُورَةُ الْعَصْرِAl-Asr — “Time / The Declining Day” Makki · 3 verses · #103a complete code of success
Theme & context (background)
🎯 Theme: by time, all mankind is in loss — except those with four qualities: faith, good deeds, and mutually enjoining truth and patience.
📜 Context: Allah swears by al-‘Asr (time / the passing age). Imam ash-Shafi‘i said that if people pondered only this
surah, it would be enough to guide them — it sums up the whole path to salvation in three verses. Companions would recite it to
one another before parting.
Text & translation
وَالْعَصْرِ ﴿١﴾1. By time,
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ ﴿٢﴾2. indeed mankind is in loss,
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ ﴿٣﴾3. except those who believe, do good, and counsel one another to truth and counsel one another to patience.
Key words (lafzi)
الْعَصْرِtime / the declining age
الْإِنْسَانَmankind
لَفِي خُسْرٍsurely in loss
إِلَّا الَّذِينَexcept those who
آمَنُواthose who believe
عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِdo righteous deeds
تَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّenjoin one another to truth
تَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِenjoin one another to patience
Reflection (background)
💡 Lesson: time is your capital and it is running out. Escape loss with the four: iman, good deeds,
enjoining truth, enjoining patience — believe, act, and help others do the same.
Word-by-word translation drill. For each verse, tap the word-meanings in order
to rebuild the English translation. This is the heart of tafseer lafzi — practice, not graded.
One row per surah — your crib-sheet view. Then the memory hooks.
| Surah | Name means | Key word (lafzi) | Theme keyword | Revelation hook |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| العاديات Al-Adiyat #100 | The chargers / racers | الْعَادِيَاتِ the chargers | Man is ungrateful & loves wealth | Oath by warhorses charging into battle at dawn |
| القارعة Al-Qari'ah #101 | The striking calamity | الْقَارِعَةُ the striking calamity | The balance (mizan) of deeds | People like moths, mountains like fluffed wool |
| التكاثر At-Takathur #102 | Rivalry in increase | التَّكَاثُرُ rivalry in increase | Materialism distracts till death | Boasting of wealth/numbers, counting the dead at graves |
| العصر Al-Asr #103 | Time | خُسْرٍ loss | Mankind in loss except four | Oath by time; ash-Shafi‘i: this surah alone would suffice |
Memory hooks
- All four are Makki and run #100→#103 in order — Adiyat, Qari'ah, Takathur, Asr. Learn them as a consecutive block.
- Adiyat's horse-oath → man's flaw: the loyal warhorse strains for its rider, yet man is كَنُود (ungrateful) and لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ (greedy for wealth).
- Qari'ah = the scales. Heavy scale (ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ) → pleasant life; light scale (خَفَّتْ) → هَاوِيَة, the Abyss. Images: people = scattered moths, mountains = fluffed wool.
- Takathur's three certainties: ‘ilm al-yaqin (knowledge), ‘ayn al-yaqin (sight) — you will SEE the Hellfire — then questioned about النَّعِيم (every blessing). Hook: counting at the graves.
- Al-Asr = the 4-point success formula: (1) iman, (2) good deeds, (3) enjoin truth, (4) enjoin patience. Everyone else is فِي خُسْرٍ (in loss).
- Resurrection name-bank: الْقَارِعَة (the striking calamity) and الْجَحِيم / هَاوِيَة / نَارٌ حَامِيَة are all Hell/Judgement vocabulary in this lesson.
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