Al-'Adiyat Verse 5

and penetrating into the heart of enemy lines!

plunging thereby into the midst of the enemy,

cleaving there with a host!

and plunging into the midst of the enemy,

And cleaving their way therein into the host,

And penetrate forthwith into the midst (of the foe) en masse;-

and penetrate deep into a host.

Penetrating deep into the armies,

Then penetrate to the centre of the enemy army.

and cleaving therein a host!

Storming thereby into a host, cleaving it:

They penetrate thus right into the middle of the (enemy) ranks,

So they were in the middle with it all together/(in) a group

Then penetrate to the centre of the enemy army.

And cleave through a host therein

Penetrating forthwith as one into the midst (of the foe);

Surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.

Then rush thereby upon an assembly:

Cleaving, as one, the centre (of the foe),

which engulfs the enemy.

dividing the gathering.

And penetrating forthwith as one into the midst.

forcing their way into the midst of the enemy,

Storming into the midst.

cleaving therewith, with the dust, a host, of the enemy, that is to say, cutting right into their centre! (the verb is supplemented to the noun [in the above instances] because it serves to explain the verbal action, in other words, wa'llt `adawna fa-awrayna fa-agharna, `by those that charge, then strike sparks, then raid').

And penetrating forthwith as one into the midst.

means, then are all in the middle of that spot, together.

Allah's saying;
فَالْمُغِيرَتِ صُبْحاً
(And scouring to the raid at dawn), Ibn Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah, all said,

"This means the invasion of the horses in the morning in the way of Allah."

And His statement,
فَأَثَرْنَ بِهِ نَقْعاً
(And raise the dust in clouds the while),

This is the place in which the attack takes place. The dust is stirred up by it.

And His statement,
فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِ جَمْعاً
(And penetrating forthwith as one into the midst), Al-Awfi narrated from Ibn Abbas, Ata, Ikrimah, Qatadah and Ad-Dahhak that they all said,

"This means into the midst of the disbelieving enemy."

Concerning Allah's statement,

إِنَّ الاِْنسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ

And assemble to penetrate into their midst to put them to rout with an effective thrust