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The Elephant
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ
Do you [Prophet] not see how your Lord dealt with the army of the elephant
Have you (O Muhammad) not seen how your Lord dealt with the owners of the elephant (The elephant army came under the command of Abraha, king of Yemen, who intended to destroy the Ka’bah at Makkah in the year of Muhammad’s year of birth)
Hast thou not observed what wise thy Lord dealt with the fellows of the elephant
HAVE YOU NOT seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the elephants
Did you not see how your Rabb dealt with the people of the elephant?
Do you not see what your Lord did with the Companions of the Elephant?
Have you not regarded how your Lord dealt with the Men of the Elephant
Have you considered how your Lord dealt with the people of the Elephant
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant (- the army of Abrahah, the viceroy of the Negus, king of Abyssinia, at Yeman)
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with the Men of the Elephant
Have you not considered what your Lord did to companions of the elephant?
Have you not seen the mighty army fortified by the elephant
Do you not see how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant
Have yousg not seen how your Lord dealt with the fellows of the Elephant?
Hast thou not seen what thy Lord did with the fellows of the elephant
O dear Prophet (Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him), did you not see how did your Lord deal with the People of the Elephant
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the elephants?
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the masters of the elephant
See you not how your Lord dealt with the people of the elephant
Have you not seen how Allah dealt with the companions of the Elephant
HAST thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the army of the ELEPHANT
Have you not noticed how your Nourisher-Sustainer dealt with the elephant-corps (the military contingent whose commander was on an elephant)
Hast thou not considered what thy Lord accomplished with the Companions of the Elephant?
Did you not see how your Lord handled the people of the elephant?
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the Army of the Elephant (reference is made to Abraha, a Christian king of Yaman, who attacked Mecca with the army of elephants in the year of the Prophet Muhammad’s birth)
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the elephants
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant
Did you not consider, how your Fosterer dealt with the owners of the elephant ?
Have you not seen what your Lord did to the companions of the elephant
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with those who had elephants
Have you not seen what your Lord did to the people of the elephan
Have you not seen what your Lord did to the people of the elephant
Did you not note what your Lord did to the companions of the elephant?
Did you not see/understand how (what) your Lord made/did with the elephant's owners/company/ friends
ART THOU NOT aware of how thy Sustainer dealt with the Army of the Elephant
Have you not seen how your Lord performed with the companions (i.e., owners) of the elephant
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the people of the elephant
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the ‘Companions of the Elephant’?
Are you not aware of how your Lord dealt with the army accompanied by the elephants
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the Army of the Elephant?
Did you not see into or ponder O Muhammad how Allah your Creator, dealt with the expedition which included the elephant in their train
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the army of the elephant?
Have you not seen ˹O Prophet˺ how your Lord dealt with the Army of the Elephant?
Did you not see how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
HAVE YOU not considered how your Lord dealt with the Army of the Elephant?¹
Have you noted what your Lord did to the people of the elephant
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the army who had Elephants?
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the army who had Elephants?
Have you not seen how your Lord did with the Elephant’s companions?
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the Elephant
Are you not aware of how your Lord dealt with the Army of the Elephant
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant
Knowest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Owners of the Elephant
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the masters of the elephant
Did you not see how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant
Didn’t you see how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant?
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant
Have you not seen what your Lord did to those with the elephants?
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant
Did you not see how your Lord did with the fellows of the elephant?
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ
Did He not utterly confound their plans
Did He not make their plot go in astray?
Put He not their stratagem to straying
Did He not make their plan go wrong
Did He not make their plan worthless?
Did He not bring all their schemes to nothing,
Did He not make their stratagems go awry
Did He not bring their evil scheme to nothing
Did He not (cause the war to end in confusion and) ruin their plan (to destroy Ka`bah by making it revert on themselves)
Did He not make their guile to go astray
Did He not make their plot go wrong,
Didn’t God bring their might down to nothing
Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray
Did He not make their plot go into great error?
Did He not make their stratagem lead them astray
Did He not put their scheme into ruin
Did he not make their plan to go in vain?
Did He not make their treacherous design an occasion of drawing them into error
Did He not make their stratagem lead them astray
Did He not cause their schemes to go astray
Did he not cause their stratagem to miscarry
Did He not make their planning go in disarray
Makes He not their cunning leading to nothing?
Did He not make their plan go awry?
Did He not make their treacherous plan a flop
Did He not bring their plan to naught
Did He not cause their war to end in confusion
Did He not make their plot useless,
Did He not bring their plan to naught
Did He not thwart their crafty designs
Did He not cause their schemes to go astra
Did He not cause their plans to go astray?
Did He not cause their plans to go astray?
Did He not make their plotting/conspiring in misguidance
Did He not utterly confound their artful planning
Did He not make their plotting go into great error
Did He not bring their stratagem to naught
Did He not cause their evil plots to fai
Has He not turned their plan into nullity
Did He not turn their evil scheme into null and void?
Did He not make their (evil) plans go awry
Did He not make their stratagem to be in vain?
Did He not make their strategy as well as tactics simply vain
Didn’t He smash their plan?
Did He not frustrate their scheme?
Did He not make their plot go astray,
Did He not confound their stratage
Did He not cause their schemes to backfire
Did He not utterly bring their perfect planning to nothing?
Did He not utterly bring their perfect planning to nothing?
Did He not make their plan in straying?
Did He not cause their treacherous plan to be futile
Did He not bring their strategy to utter failure
Did He not cause their war to end in confusion
Did HE not cause their design to miscarry
Did He not make their scheming go astray
Did He not make their evil plan go astray
Didn’t He make their plot in confusion?
Did He not make their plan go wrong
Did God not foil their scheme,
Did He not bring all their plans to nothing -
Did He not make their plan into misguidance
Did He not make their plot go astray?
Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray
Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
He sent ranks of birds against them
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
And He sent against them birds in flocks
And sent hordes of chargers flying against them
And disclosed upon them the birds in flocks (the Common Swift),
unleashing upon them flock after flock of birds,
and send against them flocks of bird
He sent down upon them flocks of birds (unknown in the land)
And He sent against them flocks of birds
And He loosed upon them birds in flights
and sent flocks of birds on them,
By sending upon them birds with…
And He sent against them flocks of birds
And He sent against them swarms of birds,
and send down on them birds in flocks
And send flocks of birds upon them
And He sent against them birds aligned in rows.
and send against them flocks of birds
And sent down on them birds in flocks
And He sent against them flights of bird
And he sent against them birds in flocks (ababils)
And directed towards them birds, in formation
And He sent upon them flocks of birds,
He sent flocks of birds against them.
And send against them flocks of birds
And He sent against them swarms of bird
And send against them birds in flocks
and send on them flocks of flying creatures,
And send upon them swarms of birds
And He sent on to them (ambient) swarms of birds
And He sent down upon them swarms of birds
And He sent upon them mighty flying creatures.
And He sent upon them a swarm of birds.
And He sent on them flying/birds (in) flocks/groups gathered and following each other
Thus, He let loose upon them great swarms of flying creature
And He sent upon them baleful birds (in flocks)
And send against them swarms of flying creatures
by sending against them flocks of swallow
And He sent upon them flying birds in flocks
He sent against them birds in flocks,
He let loose upon them a large flock of birds
He unleashed against them many flocks of birds
He overwhelmed them with throngs of birds coming in very large flights
When He sent a flock of birds against them,
For He sent against them flocks of birds,
And sent against them flocks of birds,
and send against them flocks of bird
He sent upon them swarms of birds
And He sent birds in flocks against them
And He sent birds in flocks against them
And He sent against them, Ababeel birds.
and send against them flights of birds
And sent upon them swarms of flying creatures
And send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks
And HE sent against them swarm of birds
and send against them birds in swarms
And He sent against them flights of birds
He sent flocks of birds against them.
He sent against them swarms of birds
sending flocks of birds against them,
and send against them flocks of bird
And He sent against them birds in flocks
And He sent upon them birds in flocks,
And He sent against them Flights of Birds
And He sent against them Flights of Birds
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
pelting them with pellets of hard-baked clay
which pelted them with stones of baked clay,
They hurled upon them stones of baked clay
(While) you were pelting them with stones of porphyritic lava
Who threw upon them stones of hard clay,
bombarding them with stones of hard-baked clay,
pelting them with stones of shale
Shooting them with bullet-like stones of baked clay (an emblem of the punishment due to them)
(Which tore off flesh from their bodies to eat by) striking them against stones of hardened and petrified clay
hurling against them stones of baked cla
throwing stones of baked clay at them,
… the stones on their beck to stone them
Striking them with stones of baked clay
throwing at them rocks of baked clay—
to throw down on them stones of baked clay
Which hit them with stones of baked clay
They pelted them with stones of fire.
which cast down upon them stones of baked clay
To pelt them with stones of baked clay
pelting them with stones of baked clay
Claystones did they hurl down upon them
(The birds) shoot them with stones out of sijjil [fully recorded (stock)]
throwing at them rocks of baked clay.
[The birds] struck them with stones of baked clay.
which pelted them with stones of baked clay
which smote them with stones of baked clay
Casting at them decreed stones -
who pelted them with stones of baked clay,
Pelting them with stones of baked clay
Which pelted them with stone-hard slugs
Striking them with rocks made from hardened clay
Striking them with fiery projectiles.
Striking them with devastating rocks.
It throws them with stones from dry and hardened mud
which smote them with stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained
Throwing against them stones of baked clay
Which pelted them with stones of baked clay
which showered them with small pebbles of cla
throwing upon them stones of baked clay
Striking them with stones of baked clay.
That pelted them with pellets made of baked clay
Pelting them with stones of baked clay.
Striking them with clay stones, spreading among them an epidemic
they pelted them with flint-stones.
that pelted them with stones of baked clay,
Who pelted them with hardened stones,
which pelted them with clay-stones
That showered them with hard stones
striking them with stones of hard clay,
striking them with stones of hard clay,
Throwing them with stones from baked clay (Segil).
which pelted them with stones of sand and clay
Then you showered them with hard stones earmarked with requital. ('Sijjil' = Inscribed = Marked out)
Casting against them stones of baked clay
Which ate their dead bodies, striking them against stones of clay
pelting them with stones of baked clay
Striking them (the companions of the elephant) with stones of baked clay
Pelting them with stones of hard clay.
Throwing at them rocks of baked clay
bombarding them with stones of baked clay?
"which hurled against them stones of baked clay,"
Striking them with stones of hard clay
To throw at them stones of baked clay.
Striking them with stones of baked clay
Striking them with stones of baked clay
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ
He made them [like] cropped stubble
and He made them like the chewed-up stalks.
Then He rendered them as stubble devoured
And turned them into pastured fields of corn
Until they became like eaten straw.
making them like stripped wheat-stalks eaten bare?
thus making them like chewed-up straw
And so He rendered them like a field of grain devoured and trampled
And thus He reduced them to rotten chaff (and in a similar way will they be ruined who would ever make an attack to destroy Ka`bah)
and He made them like green blades devoured
then He made them like chewed up straw?
And made their battle field like an empty field of stalks and straws
Then He made them like an empty field of stalks and straw which has been eaten
thus He made them like eaten leaves
and make them like blades of herbage eaten down
So He made them like the leftover devoured leaves of farms
And He turned them into dry leaves eaten up.
and render them like the leaves of corn eaten by cattle
And make them like stalks left by herbage eaten down
so that He made them like straw eaten (by cattle)
And he made them like stubble eaten down
So (Allah) transformed them (into something) like fodder subjected to rumination
Then, made He them like ones who are consumed by stalks of husked grain.
Then He made (the people of the elephant) like a ravaged field.
thus rendered them like the chewed- up chaff
and made them like straw eaten up (by cattle)
So He rendered them like straw eaten up
so that He made them like eaten up straw (husk) ?
And then making them look like chewed husk?h
Then (Allah made them perish) like chewed-up chaff
Until He turned them like devoured hay
Until He made them like chewed up hay.
Until He made them like chewed up hay.
So He made them like eaten husk/chaff/leaves
and caused them to become like a field of grain that has been eaten down to stubbl
So He made them like green blades eaten (up)
And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)
to turn them into (something) like the left-over grass grazed by cattle
and thus He turned them into an eaten-up chaff
Thus, He made them like devoured straw.
Thus, He turned them into the chewed out chaff
And He made them like chewed up straws.
Until they became like the stubbles left over in a field that has been reaped
So, He turned them into what looked like chewed hay
leaving them like chewed up straw.
So He made them like eaten up stalks?
so that they became like the withered stalks of plants which cattle had devoured
He made them like chewed up hay
He made them like eaten straw.
He made them like eaten straw.
So He made them like eaten straw.
Thus He made them like devoured dry leaves
And made them like a field of grain eaten down to stubble
So He rendered them like straw eaten up
And thus made them like broken straw, eaten up
such that He made them like devoured husks
Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up
And He made them like eaten-up stubble.
Leaving them like chewed-up leaves
That made them like !!tripped cornstalks whose fruits have been consumed.
"and made them become like dried grass, eaten up?"
And He made them like eaten straw
And He made them like eaten straw.
Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up
Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up