105) Sūrat Al-Fīl

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105) سُورَة الفِيل

'Alam Tará Kayfa Fa`ala Rabbuka Bi'aşĥābi Al-Fīl Have you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) 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]. (Al-Fil 105:1) أَلَمْ تَرَى كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيل
'Alam Yaj`al Kaydahum Fī Tađlīlin Did He not make their plot go astray? (Al-Fil 105:2) أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيل ٍ
Wa 'Arsala `Alayhim Ţayrāan 'Abābīla And sent against them birds, in flocks, (Al-Fil 105:3) وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْراً أَبَابِيلَ
Tarmīhim Biĥijāratin Min Sijjīlin Striking them with stones of Sijjīl. (Al-Fil 105:4) تَرْمِيهِمْ بِحِجَارَة ٍ مِنْ سِجِّيل ٍ
Faja`alahum Ka`aşfin Ma'kūlin And made them like an empty field of stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle). (Al-Fil 105:5) فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْف ٍ مَأْكُول ٍ
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