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Surah 105 · Meccan · 5 Ayahs

Surah Al-Fil

The Elephant

سورة الفيل
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 1

    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

    Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

  2. 2

    أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ

    Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

  3. 3

    وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

    And He sent against them birds in flocks,

  4. 4

    تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ

    Striking them with stones of hard clay,

  5. 5

    فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

    And He made them like eaten straw.

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