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].
Saheeh International
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
Arabic, with marks
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ
Transliteration
Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Did He not make their plot go astray?
Saheeh International
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
Arabic, with marks
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Transliteration
Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And He sent against them birds, in flocks,
Saheeh International
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
Arabic, with marks
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Transliteration
Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Striking them with stones of Sijjil (baked clay).
Saheeh International
And He made them like eaten straw.
Arabic, with marks
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ
Transliteration
FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin makoolin
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And He made them like (an empty field of) stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle).