Al Fil

Yusuf Ali

1 Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?

Transliteration

1 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biashabi alfeeli

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 ?

Yusuf Ali

2 Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?

Transliteration

2 Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin

Pickthall

2 Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,

Yusuf Ali

3 And He sent against them Flights of Birds,

Transliteration

3 Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela

Pickthall

3 And send against them swarms of flying creatures,

Yusuf Ali

4 Striking them with stones of baked clay.

Transliteration

4 Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin

Pickthall

4 Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,

Yusuf Ali

5 Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up.

Transliteration

5 FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin makoolin

Pickthall

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