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Surah 105: The ElephantThe Elephant
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I’ve used Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall’s 1930 translation of the Quran’s meanings since it’s both public domain and very pretty.
Surah 105: The Elephantسُورَةُ الفِيلِ
1Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant? 2Did He not bring their stratagem to naught, 3And send against them swarms of flying creatures, 4Which pelted them with stones of baked clay, 5And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)?
1بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ 2أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ 3وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ 4تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ 5فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ