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سُورَةُ الفِيلِ

Al-Fil

The Elephant

RevelationMeccan
Ayahs5
Chapter105
Juz30
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
“In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.”
105:1
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel
Sahih International
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
105:2
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ
Alam yaj'al kai dahum fee tad leel
Sahih International
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
105:3
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Wa arsala 'alaihim tairan abaabeel
Sahih International
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
105:4
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ
Tar meehim bi hi jaaratim min sij jeel
Sahih International
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
105:5
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
Faja 'alahum ka'asfim m'akool
Sahih International
And He made them like eaten straw.

Sources & Credits

  • Arabic Text: Tanzil Quran-Uthmani (Madinah Mushaf script)
  • English Translation: Sahih International
  • Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy
  • Tafsir: Tafsir al-Jalalayn (English)
  • Data: AlQuran.cloud public Quran API

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Recited by Mishary Rashid Alafasy