Al Fil
Chapter 105, 5 verses
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Transliteration
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Pickthall
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Yusuf Ali
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Transliteration
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biashabi alfeeli
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. 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?
Word by word
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Transliteration
Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin
Pickthall
Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,
Yusuf Ali
Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?
Word by word
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
Transliteration
Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela
Pickthall
And send against them swarms of flying creatures,
Yusuf Ali
And He sent against them Flights of Birds,
Word by word
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Transliteration
Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin
Pickthall
Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,
Yusuf Ali
Striking them with stones of baked clay.
Word by word
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Transliteration
FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin makoolin
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.
Word by word
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ