Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant) — English Translation

اَلَمْ تَرَ كَیْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِاَصْحٰبِ الْفِیْلِ ۟ؕ

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka bi-as-habialfeel

Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

اَلَمْ یَجْعَلْ كَیْدَهُمْ فِیْ تَضْلِیْلٍ ۟ۙ

Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleel

Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

وَّاَرْسَلَ عَلَیْهِمْ طَیْرًا اَبَابِیْلَ ۟ۙ

Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeel

And He sent against them birds in flocks,

تَرْمِیْهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّنْ سِجِّیْلٍ ۟

Tarmeehim bihijaratin minsijjeel

Striking them with stones of hard clay,

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّاْكُوْلٍ ۟۠

FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin ma/kool

And He made them like eaten straw.