Sūra CV.: Fīl, or The Elephant.

Section 1

1. Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka bi-as-habi alfeeli

1. Seest thou not
How thy Lord dealt
With the Companions
Of the Elephant?

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2. Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin

2. Did He not make
Their treacherous plan
Go astray?

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3. Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela

3. And He sent against them
Flights of Birds,

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4. Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin

4. Striking them with stones
Of baked clay.

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5. FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin ma/koolin

5. Then did He make them
Like an empty field
Of stalks and straw,
(Of which the corn)
Has been eaten up.