104.009 Y:  In columns outstretched.

P:  In outstretched columns.

S:  In extended columns.

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Chapter 105: 

Al-Fil (the elephant)
Total Verses:  5 Revealed At:  Makka

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

105.001 Y:  Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?

P:  Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant?

S:  Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant?

105.002 Y:  Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?

P:  Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,

S:  Did He not cause their war to end in confusion,

105.003 Y:  And He sent against them Flights of Birds,

P:  And send against them swarms of flying creatures,

S:  And send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks,

105.004 Y:  Striking them with stones of baked clay.

P:  Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,

S:  Casting against them stones of baked clay,

105.005 Y:  Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up.

P:  And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)?

S:  So He rendered them like straw eaten up?

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Chapter 106: 

Quraish(winter, QURAYSH)
Total Verses:  4 Revealed At:  Makka

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

106.001 Y:  For the covenants (of security and safeguard enjoyed) by the Quraish,

P:  For the taming of Qureysh.

S:  For the protection of the Qureaish—­

106.002 Y:  Their covenants (covering) journeys by winter and summer,-

P:  For their taming (We cause) the caravans to set forth in winter and summer.

S:  Their protection during their trading caravans in the winter and the summer—­

106.003 Y:  Let them adore the Lord of this House,

P:  So let them worship the Lord of this House,

S:  So let them serve the Lord of this House

106.004 Y:  Who provides them with food against hunger, and with security against fear (of danger).

P:  Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear.

S:  Who feeds them against hunger and gives them security against fear.

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