Al-Aadiyaat (Surah 100) is a Surah that was revealed in Makkah, before the Hijrah of Rasulullah (saw) to Madinah.

The air of the Surah is that of intensity and horror. This is due to the elements of war in the Surah, the tumbling out of what is in the graves, and the exposure of the deepest secrets that the hearts conceal.

The Surah begins with Allah Ta'ala testifying by the steeds of war, the Mujahideen horses when they bear down upon the enemies. In that charge, Allah testifies by the horrific snarling and vicious breathing of those war-horses; the raging stomp of their hooves that spark the ground red in the darkness of night - the charging that pounds dust to the sky.

Because of the virtue of the Mujahideen war-horses and their lofty position with Allah Ta'ala, the Surah testifies by them that man is truly to Allah, ungrateful.

"By the (steeds) that charge, snorting; striking sparks of fire; racing (home) by morning; raising the dust in clouds; and penetrating forthwith into the midst (of the enemy). ... Indeed man is to his Lord, ungrateful!"

The Surah then goes on to speak of man's arrant lack of gratitude to Allah Ta'ala coupled with his excessive passion for the Dunya - even though it may cost him the Hereafter - and his infatuation of collecting coins of gold.

This is all from his ungratefulness to Allah Ta'ala. For it is Allah Ta'ala that opened for him the doors of goodness and gifts, but this man chose to consume it in other than those things that bring Allah's pleasure. What a pitiful decision.

"Indeed man is to his Lord, ungrateful! And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds). And violent is he in his passion for wealth!"

The Surah then concludes with a horrific warning to this naïve ignorant soul. It warns of the violence and horror of the final Day - the Day when graves will bear their burden and scatter about all that lay within it. It warns of that day when the deepest secrets that man concealed within himself will be exposed - the day when every soul shall be driven to His Lord so that they may be paid in full for the actions that they amassed.

It is a day of difficulty and tremendous horror. A day that every receptive soul must prepare for ... the Day of Resurrection!

"Does he not know, when that which is in the graves is tumbled out, and that which is (locked) in (human) chests is found out. Indeed their Lord had been well-acquainted with them (even to) that Day?"

Today - insha'Allah - if we recite Surah Al-Aadiyaat, let's pay attention to it and recite it like no one is watching ... except Allah.