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105. Al-Fil

Surah Al-Fil الفيل

The Elephant · 5 verses · Meccan

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

105:1

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ ١

Do you [Prophet] not see how your Lord dealt with the army of the elephant?

105:2

أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ ٢

Did He not utterly confound their plans?

105:3

وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ ٣

He sent ranks of birds against them,

105:4

تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ ٤

pelting them with pellets of hard-baked clay:

105:5

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ ٥

He made them [like] cropped stubble.

Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem · Recitation: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary · Quran.Foundation