Surah 105 of 114

Surah Al-Fil

سُورَةُ الْفِيلِ

The Elephant · Meccan · 5 ayat · from page 601 of the Madinah muṣḥaf

Also written Al-Fīl.

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

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

    105:1
  2. أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلࣲ

    Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

    105:2
  3. وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

    And He sent against them birds in flocks,

    105:3
  4. تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةࣲ مِّن سِجِّيلࣲ

    Striking them with stones of hard clay,

    105:4
  5. فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفࣲ مَّأْكُولِۭ

    And He made them like eaten straw.

    105:5

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