Surah Al-Fil (الفيل) • The Elephant

Quran 105:5

105:5

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

fajaʿalahum kaʿaṣfin makūlin

And He made them like eaten straw.

— Saheeh International

He made them [like] cropped stubble.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And He made them like (an empty field of) stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَجَعَلَهُمْfajaʿalahumThen He made them
كَعَصْفٍۢkaʿaṣfinlike straw
مَّأْكُولٍۭmakūlineaten up