بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
elem tera keyfe fe`ale rabbüke biaṣḥâbi-lfîl.
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
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أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ
elem yec`al keydehüm fî taḍlîl.
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
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وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
veersele `aleyhim ṭayran ebâbîl.
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
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تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ
termîhim biḥicâratim min siccîl.
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
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فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
fece`alehüm ke`aṣfim me'kûl.
And He made them like eaten straw.