# Sura 105 - The Elephant

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> SURA CV (105) The Elephant     (Mecca - 5 Verses)             (XIX - 36)     
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the army of the Elephant?
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>        Did he not cause their stratagem to miscarry?
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>        And he sent against them birds in flocks (ababils),
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>        Claystones did they hurl down upon them,
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>        And he made them like stubble eaten down!
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> — *Sura 105 - The Elephant*