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?

Saheeh International

1 Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

Pickthall

2 Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

2 Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

Pickthall

3 And send against them swarms of flying creatures,

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

3 And He sent against them birds in flocks,

Pickthall

4 Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,

Shakir

4 Casting against them stones of baked clay,

Saheeh International

4 Striking them with stones of hard clay,

Pickthall

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

Shakir

5 So He rendered them like straw eaten up?

Saheeh International

5 And He made them like eaten straw.