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Surah 105 · 5 Ayahs

Al-Fil

Surah Al-Fil (“The Elephant”) is a Meccan surah of 5 ayahs.

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

  1. 105:1
    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ١

    Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant?

  2. 105:2
    أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ٢

    Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,

  3. 105:3
    وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ٣

    And send against them swarms of flying creatures,

  4. 105:4
    تَرْمِيهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ٤

    Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,

  5. 105:5
    فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَأْكُولٍ٥

    And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)?

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.