User:Wulverine claws/Al-Fīl
Text and meaning
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[edit]بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
1 ’alam tara kayfa fa‘ala rabbuka bi’aṣḥābi l-fīl(i)
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
2 ’alam yaj’al kaydahum fī taḍlīl(in)
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
3 Wa’arsala ‘alayhim ṭayran ’ababīl(a)
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
4 Tarmīhim biḥijārati m-min sijjīl(in)
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
5 Faja‘alahum ka‘aṣfi m-ma’kūl(in)
- Warsh from Nafiʽ al-Madani
بِسۡمِ اِ۬للَّهِ اِ۬لرَّحۡمَٰنِ اِ۬لرَّحِيمِ
Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ اِ۬لۡفِيلِ
1 ’alam tara kayfa fa‘ala rabbuka bi’aṣḥābi l-fīl(i)
أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِے تَضۡلِيلٍ
2 ’alam yaj’al kaydahum fī taḍlīl(in)
وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا اَبَابِيلَ
3 Wa’arsala ‘alayhim ṭayran ababīl(a)
تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
4 Tarmīhim biḥijārati m-min sijjīl(in)
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٍ مَّاكُولٍۭ
5 Faja‘alahum ka‘aṣfi m-mākūl(in)
Meanings
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Have you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) not seen how your Lord dealt with the Owners of the Elephant? [The elephant army which came from Yemen under the command of Abrahah Al-Ashram intending to destroy the Ka'bah at Makkah].
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Did He not make their plot go astray?
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And sent against them birds, in flocks,
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Striking them with stones of Sijjil.
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And made them like an empty field of stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle).
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Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
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Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
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And He sent against them birds in flocks,
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Striking them with stones of hard clay,
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And He made them like eaten straw.
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Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?
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Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?
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And He sent against them Flights of Birds,
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Striking them with stones of baked clay.
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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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Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant?
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Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,
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And send against them swarms of flying creatures,
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Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,
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And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)?