Surah Al-Filالفيل
The Elephant · 5 verses · Meccan
Al-Fil (الفيل): full text and translation
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ ﴿١﴾
105:1 Seest thou not How thy Lord dealt With the Companions Of the Elephant?
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ ﴿٢﴾
105:2 Did He not make Their treacherous plan Go astray?
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ﴿٣﴾
105:3 And He sent against them Flights of Birds,
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ﴿٤﴾
105:4 Striking them with stones Of baked clay.
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ ﴿٥﴾
105:5 Then did He make them Like an empty field Of stalks and straw, (Of which the corn) Has been eaten up.