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Aya : 1

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ

Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the Elephant[1]?

[1] The army of Abrahah al-Ashram was accompanied by a huge elephant who came with the intention of demolishing the Kaʿba.

Aya : 2

أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ

Did He not turn their scheme into a total loss[2]?

[2] Leading them to perish.

Aya : 3

وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ

He sent against them swarms of birds,

Aya : 4

تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ

pelting them with stones of baked clay,

Aya : 5

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ

leaving them like chewed-up chaff.

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