أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ ﴿1﴾
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
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← read from right to left1Have notأَلَمْalamCBHINTG+NEGأَis it? / did?+لَمْHave not 5Your LordرَبُّكَrabbukaCBIN+PRONATTرَبُّYour Lord+كَyou / your 6With the companionsبِأَصْحَابِbi-ashabiCBIP+Nبِwith / in+أَصْحَابِThe companions 7Of the elephantالْفِيلِl-filiIالthe+فِيلِOf the elephant
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ ﴿2﴾
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
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← read from right to left1Did notأَلَمْalamCBHINTG+NEGأَis it? / did?+لَمْNot 3Their planكَيْدَهُمْkaydahumCBIN+PRONATTكَيْدَTheir plan+هُمْthem / their 5AstrayتَضْلِيلٍtadlilinI
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ﴿3﴾
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
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← read from right to left1And he sentوَأَرْسَلَwa-arsalaCBFCONJ+Vوَand+أَرْسَلَHe sent 2Against themعَلَيْهِمْ'alayhimCBHP+PRONATTعَلَىAgainst+هِمْthem / their 4In flocksأَبَابِيلَababilaI
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ﴿4﴾
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
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← read from right to left1Striking themتَرْمِيهِمْtarmihimCBFV+PRONATTتَرْمِيStriking+هِمْthem / their 2With stonesبِحِجَارَةٍbihijaratinCBIP+Nبِwith / in+حِجَارَةٍStones 4Baked clayسِجِّيلٍsijjilinI
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ ﴿5﴾
And He made them like eaten straw.
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← read from right to left1Then he made themفَجَعَلَهُمْfaja'alahumCBFCONJ+V+PRONATTفَso / then+جَعَلَHe made+هُمْthem / their 2Like strawكَعَصْفٍka'asfinCBIP+Nكَlike+عَصْفٍStraw 3Eaten upمَأْكُولٍma'kulinI
English translation: Saheeh International. Arabic in the Uthmani script. Word meanings, grammar markers and word pieces are ILMHUB’s own work from its Quran database. Sources and thanks.
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