The Glorious Qur`an

100: the Chargers (adiyat)

This chapter of 11 early Meccan verses was revealed after Eventide 103 and before Plenty 108. Its panting racehorses (which are mares) make a vivid picture, but they also give a keen sense of foreboding, somewhat as in Winnowing [Wind! 51 and [Winds) Sent Forth 77. The final syllables -a (n), -id, and -ur carry the rhymes.