In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant ?
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بأصحاب الفيل
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Have you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not seen how your Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant? [The Elephant army which came from Yemen under the command of Abrahah Al-Ashram intending to destroy the Ka'bah at Makkah].
Arabic, with marks
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ
Pickthall
Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,
Arabic
ألم يجعل كيدهم في تضليل
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Did He not make their plot go astray?
Arabic, with marks
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Pickthall
And send against them swarms of flying creatures,
Arabic
وأرسل عليهم طيرا أبابيل
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And He sent against them birds, in flocks,
Arabic, with marks
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Pickthall
Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,
Arabic
ترميهم بحجارة من سجيل
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Striking them with stones of Sijjil (baked clay).
Arabic, with marks
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ
Pickthall
And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle) ?
Arabic
فجعلهم كعصف مأكول
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And He made them like (an empty field of) stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle).