Al Fil

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant ?

Shakir

1 Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant?

Transliteration

1 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biashabi alfeeli

Pickthall

2 Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,

Shakir

2 Did He not cause their war to end in confusion,

Transliteration

2 Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin

Pickthall

3 And send against them swarms of flying creatures,

Shakir

3 And send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks,

Transliteration

3 Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela

Pickthall

4 Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,

Shakir

4 Casting against them stones of baked clay,

Transliteration

4 Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin

Pickthall

5 And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle) ?

Shakir

5 So He rendered them like straw eaten up?

Transliteration

5 FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin makoolin