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A. J. Arberry

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105 Al-Fīl ٱلْفِيل

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

105:1 أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
105:1
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with the Men of the Elephant?

105:2 أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
105:2
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Did He not make their guile to go astray?

105:3 وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
105:3
A. J. Arberry (English) :
And He loosed upon them birds in flights,

105:4 تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
105:4
A. J. Arberry (English) :
hurling against them stones of baked clay

105:5 فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
105:5
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and He made them like green blades devoured.