Surah Al-fil - English Translation by Dr Kamal Omar
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ
Have you not noticed how your Nourisher-Sustainer dealt with the elephant-corps (the military contingent whose commander was on an elephant)
Surah Al-fil, Verse 1
أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ
Did He not make their planning go in disarray
Surah Al-fil, Verse 2
وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And directed towards them birds, in formation
Surah Al-fil, Verse 3
تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ
(The birds) shoot them with stones out of sijjil [fully recorded (stock]
Surah Al-fil, Verse 4
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ
So (Allah) transformed them (into something) like fodder subjected to rumination
Surah Al-fil, Verse 5