الفيل

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biashabi alfeeli

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

Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin

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

Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela

He sent against them swarms of birds,

Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin

pelting them with stones of baked clay,

FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin makoolin

leaving them like chewed-up chaff.