1. Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka bi-as-habi alfeeli
1. Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?
2. Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin
2. Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?
3. Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela
3. And He sent against them Flights of Birds,
4. Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin
4. Striking them with stones of baked clay.
5. FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin ma/koolin
5. Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up.