The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/105. The Elephant

105. The Elephant (Al-Fil)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

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Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant?

²

Did He not cause their war to end in confusion?

³

And send against them birds in flocks?

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Casting at them decreed stones -

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So He rendered them like straw eaten up?