| أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ (1) Did you not see into or ponder O Muhammad how Allah your Creator, dealt with the expedition which included the elephant in their train |
| أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ (2) Did He not make their strategy as well as tactics simply vain |
| وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ (3) He overwhelmed them with throngs of birds coming in very large flights |
| تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ (4) Striking them with clay stones, spreading among them an epidemic |
| فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ (5) Until they became like the stubbles left over in a field that has been reaped |