English translation - Rowwad Translation Center
translated by Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Islamic Propagation Office in Rabwah and the Association for Serving Islamic Content in Languages.
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the Elephant[1]?
[1] The army of Abrahah al-Ashram was accompanied by a huge elephant who came with the intention of demolishing the Kaʿba.
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the Elephant[1]?
أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ
Did He not turn their scheme into a total loss[2]?
[2] Leading them to perish.
Did He not turn their scheme into a total loss[2]?
وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ
He sent against them swarms of birds,
He sent against them swarms of birds,
تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ
pelting them with stones of baked clay,
pelting them with stones of baked clay,
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ
leaving them like chewed-up chaff.
leaving them like chewed-up chaff.
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