Al Fil
Chapter 105, 5 verses
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Transliteration
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Yusuf Ali
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Shakir
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Transliteration
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biashabi alfeeli
Yusuf Ali
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?
Shakir
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant?
Word by word
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Transliteration
Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin
Yusuf Ali
Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?
Shakir
Did He not cause their war to end in confusion,
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أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
Transliteration
Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela
Yusuf Ali
And He sent against them Flights of Birds,
Shakir
And send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks,
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وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Transliteration
Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin
Yusuf Ali
Striking them with stones of baked clay.
Shakir
Casting against them stones of baked clay,
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تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Transliteration
FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin makoolin
Yusuf Ali
Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up.
Shakir
So He rendered them like straw eaten up?
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فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ