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Al-Fil
الفيل
The Elephant • 5 Ayahs
1
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka bi-as-habialfeel
Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?1
2
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleel
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?1
3
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeel
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
4
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Tarmeehim bihijaratin minsijjeel
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
5
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin ma/kool
And He made them like eaten straw.1
Translation: Sahih International