SÅ«rat Al-Ê¿ÄdiyÄt (Arabic: Ø³ÙØ±Ø© Ø§ÙØ¹Ø§Ø¯Ùاتâ ) (The Courser, The Chargers) is the 100th sura of the Qur'an with 11 verses (ayat). Allah in the beginning of this surah is referring to the steeds that charge into battle in early morning, the preferred time of attack by the prophet Muhammad. He waited to hear the athan from the other side, if it was not heard he would attack. Important Note:[1] A large number of the commentators are creating a misunderstanding that the horses referred to in the first sentence of this surah is the horses of the Muslim fighters and the host referred to in sentence five is the host of disbelievers. But anyone can clearly understand that these two points are totally wrong when one read the sentence six "man is highly ungrateful to his Lord". The oath in the first five sentences has been sworn to impress the point that "man is highly ungrateful to his Lord". Now, obviously, in the course of Jihad for the sake of Allah, the rushing fort! h of the fighters' horses and their assaulting a host of disbelievers all of a sudden, does not at all support the point that man is ungrateful to his Lord, nor the following sentences, viz. "man himself is a witness to it, and he. loves the worldly wealth with all his heart," apply to the people who go out to fight in the cause of Allah. Therefore, one will have to admit that the oaths sworn in the first five verses of this Sarah, refer, in fact, to the general bloodshed, loot and plunder prevalent in Arabia at that
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