Al-Fil

Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel

ART THOU NOT aware of how thy Sustainer dealt with the Army of the Elephant?

Alam yaj'al kai dahum fee tad leel

Did He not utterly confound their artful planning?

Wa arsala 'alaihim tairan abaabeel

Thus, He let loose upon them great swarms of flying creatures

Tar meehim bi hi jaaratim min sij jeel

which smote them with stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained,

Faja 'alahum ka'asfim m'akool

and caused them to become like a field of grain that has been eaten down to stubble