a vault over them,

P: Lo! it is closed in on them

S: Surely it shall be closed over upon them,

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: W