"O mankind! Now hath a proof from your Lord come unto you, and We have sent down unto you a clear light." — Holy Qur'an 4:175
Holy Quran Verses from Pickthall and Yusufali's Translations
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
105.001 | |
Yusufali: | Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant? |
Pickthall: | Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant? |
105.002 | |
Yusufali: | Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray? |
Pickthall: | Did He not bring their stratagem to naught, |
105.003 | |
Yusufali: | And He sent against them Flights of Birds, |
Pickthall: | And send against them swarms of flying creatures, |
105.004 | |
Yusufali: | Striking them with stones of baked clay. |
Pickthall: | Which pelted them with stones of baked clay, |
105.005 | |
Yusufali: | Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up. |
Pickthall: | And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)? |
Let us pray (Sura 20, Ayat 114) 'Ya Rabbi Zidni Ilma!' ('O Lord! Increase me in knowledge.') and seek spiritual help (ta'yid) to understand our great faith.
Credits: Islamic Computing Center for providing the ASCII texts of the translations and Salmanspiritual.com for developing an interactive version.