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Sura Cv. Fil, Or The Elephant. Section 1

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Cv.: Fl, Or The Elephant.

Section 1

1.
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka bi-as-habi alfeelI

1.
Seest thou not

How thy Lord dealt

With the Companions

Of the Elephant?

2. Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelIn

2.
Did He not make

Their treacherous plan

Go astray?

3. Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeelA

3.
And He sent against them

Flights of Birds,

4. Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelIn

4.
Striking them with stones

Of baked clay.

5. FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin ma/koolIn

5.
Then did He make them

Like an empty field

Of stalks and straw,

(Of which the corn)

Has been eaten up.

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