أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ

Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant

أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ

Did He not make their plan into misguidance

وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ

And He sent against them birds in flocks

تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ

Striking them with stones of hard clay

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ

And He made them like eaten straw