Al-Fīl
The Elephant
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الفيل
أَلَمْ Have not alam you seen tara how kayfa dealt faʿala your Lord rabbuka with (the) Companions bi-aṣḥābi (of the) Elephant l-fīli
Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?1
أَلَمْ Did not alam He make yajʿal their plan kaydahum go fī astray taḍlīlin
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?1
وَأَرْسَلَ And He sent wa-arsala against them ʿalayhim birds ṭayran (in) flocks abābīla
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
تَرْمِيهِم Striking them tarmīhim with stones biḥijāratin of min baked clay sijjīlin
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
فَجَعَلَهُمْ Then He made them fajaʿalahum like straw kaʿaṣfin eaten up makūlin
And He made them like eaten straw.1