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Sūrah 105 · 5 verses · Meccan

Al-Fil

الفيل

The Elephant

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

    Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the Elephant[1]?

  2. أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

    Did He not turn their scheme into a total loss[1]?

  3. وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

    He sent against them swarms of birds,

  4. تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

    pelting them with stones of baked clay,

  5. فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

    leaving them like chewed-up chaff.

Meaning: English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center. Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website. Version 1.0.20, 2026-10-20. QuranEnc.com

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Arabic: Tanzil Uthmani text, version 1.1. Source: tanzil.net