Al Fil

Transliteration

1 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biashabi alfeeli

Saheeh International

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

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 ?

Transliteration

2 Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin

Saheeh International

2 Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

Pickthall

2 Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,

Transliteration

3 Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela

Saheeh International

3 And He sent against them birds in flocks,

Pickthall

3 And send against them swarms of flying creatures,

Transliteration

4 Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin

Saheeh International

4 Striking them with stones of hard clay,

Pickthall

4 Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,

Transliteration

5 FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin makoolin

Saheeh International

5 And He made them like eaten straw.

Pickthall

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