The book Al-Tafsir al-Muyassar was written by a group of scholars under the direction of sheikh Saalih Aal al-Sheikh, Minister of Islamic Affairs for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was designed to be a simple and easy-to-understand tafsir according to the understanding of the salaf. What follows is its brief tafsir of surah al-‘Aadiyaat (100) and translation:
ـ {وَالْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا (1)}
أقسم الله تعالى بالخيل الجاريات في سبيله نحو العدوِّ، حين يظهر صوتها من سرعة عَدْوِها. ولا يجوز للمخلوق أن يقسم إلا بالله، فإن القسم بغير الله شرك. ـوَالْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا
By the racers, panting, (1)
Allah the Exalted swears by the horses galloping in His cause towards the enemy, such that their sounds can be heard due to how quickly they are racing.
As a note: it is not allowed for the created beings to swear by anything other than Allah, for swearing by anything besides Allah is shrik.
ـ {فَالْمُورِيَاتِ قَدْحًا (2)}
فالخيل اللاتي تنقدح النار من صلابة حوافرها؛ من شدَّة عَدْوها. ـفَالْمُورِيَاتِ قَدْحًا
And the producers of sparks, striking (2)
And by the horses which are producing sparks of fire from the toughness of their hooves, due the how fiercely they are racing forward.