وَمَسَّهُمْ ما مَسَّ أَصْحابَ الفِيلْ

تَرْمِيهِمُ حِجارَةٌ مِنْ سِجِّيلْ

And what befell the Companions of the Elephant befell them:

pelting them with stones of baked clay,

وَلَعِبَتْ طَيْرٌ بِهِم أَبابِيلْ

فَصُيِّرُوا مِثْلَ كَعَصْفٍ مَأْكُولْ

birds in flock after flock toyed with them,

so they were made like eaten chaff.