105. Fil · verses 1–5

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biashabi alfeeli

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

أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ

Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin

Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?

وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ

Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela

And He sent against them Flights of Birds,

تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ

Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin

Striking them with stones of baked clay.

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ

FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin makoolin

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