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Chapter 104
Surah Al-Fīl
- سورة الفيل
(The Elephant)

Noble Qur'an Table of Content

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

105:1
Transliteration
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka bi-as-habialfeel
Sahih International
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
Pickthall
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant?
Yusuf Ali
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?
105:2
Transliteration
Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleel
Sahih International
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
Pickthall
Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,
Yusuf Ali
Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?
105:3
Transliteration
Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeel
Sahih International
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
Pickthall
And send against them swarms of flying creatures,
Yusuf Ali
And He sent against them Flights of Birds,
105:4
Transliteration
Tarmeehim bihijaratin minsijjeel
Sahih International
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
Pickthall
Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,
Yusuf Ali
Striking them with stones of baked clay.
105:5
Transliteration
FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin ma/kool
Sahih International
And He made them like eaten straw.
Pickthall
And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)?
Yusuf Ali
Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up.