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Surahs 105

Al-Fil

The Elephant · Makki · 5 ayahs

Translation by Sahih International

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  1. 1

    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

    ʹAlam tara kayfa faʻala Rabbuka biʹAṣḥaabil FEEL?

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

  2. 2

    أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

    ʹAlam yajʻal kaydahum fee taḍleel?

    Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

  3. 3

    وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

    Wa-ʹarsala ʻalayhim ṭayran ʹabaabeel,

    And He sent against them birds in flocks,

  4. 4

    تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

    Tarmeehim̃ bihijaaratim miñ sijjeel,

    Striking them with stones of hard clay,

  5. 5

    فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

    Fajaʻalahum kaʻaṣfim maʹkool.

    And He made them like eaten straw.