Glorious Qur'an (English Translation)

English Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

1.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ 

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

2.

أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِى تَضۡلِيلٍ۬ 

Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?

3.

وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡہِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ 

And He sent against them flights of Birds,

4.

تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ۬ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ۬ 

Striking them with stones of baked clay.

5.

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٍ۬ مَّأۡڪُولِۭ 

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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