الفيل

Surah Al-Fil

The Elephant, Meccan, 5 verses, para 30

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ١

    105:1

    alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka bi-aṣḥābi l-fīli

    Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

  2. أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ٢

    105:2

    alam yajʿal kaydahum fī taḍlīlin

    Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

  3. وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ٣

    105:3

    wa-arsala ʿalayhim ṭayran abābīla

    And He sent against them birds in flocks,

  4. تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ٤

    105:4

    tarmīhim biḥijāratin min sijjīlin

    Striking them with stones of hard clay,

  5. فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ٥

    105:5

    fajaʿalahum kaʿaṣfin makūlin

    And He made them like eaten straw.

Surah Al-Fil is also known as Fil, Al-Feel and Alam Tara Kaifa.

Surah Al-Fil: Meaning, Translation and the Story of the ElephantWhat Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant) means, verse by verse: the Arabic, transliteration and English translation, the story of Abraha's army marching on the Ka'bah, the birds in flocks, and the Year of the Elephant.Read →

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