Surah 105
سُورَةُ الفِيلِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
ˈa-lam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka bi-ˈaṣḥābi l-fīli
Have you not regarded how your Lord dealt with the army of the elephants?
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
ˈa-lam yaǧʿal kaydahum fī taḍlīlin
Did He not make their stratagems go awry,
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
wa-ˈarsala ʿalayhim ṭayran ˈabābīla
and send against them flocks of birds
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
tarmīhim bi-ḥiǧāratin min siǧǧīlin
pelting them with stones of shale,
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
fa-ǧaʿalahum ka-ʿaṣfin maˈkūlin
thus making them like chewed-up straw?
English translation: Ali Quli Qarai.