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Surah 105 · Meccan · 5 verses

Al-Fil

The Elephant

الفيل

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ ١

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

2

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ ٢

Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,

3

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ٣

And send against them swarms of flying creatures,

4

تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ٤

Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,

5

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولِۭ ٥

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