الفيل

105. Al-Fil

Meccan · 5 ayat

Text size

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ ﴿١﴾

Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?[1992]

Translator’s notes

[1992] i.e., the army under the command of Abrahah al-Ashram which was accompanied by a huge elephant and came with the intention of destroying the Kaʿbah at Makkah.

105:1

أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ ﴿٢﴾

Did He not make their plan into misguidance?[1993]

Translator’s notes

[1993] Causing them to perish.

105:2

وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ ﴿٣﴾

And He sent against them birds in flocks,

105:3

تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ ﴿٤﴾

Striking them with stones of hard clay,

105:4

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ ﴿٥﴾

And He made them like eaten straw.[1994]

Translator’s notes

[1994] i.e., husks which have been chewed by cattle. This event took place in the year of the Prophet's birth.

105:5

Translation: English Translation - Noor International Center — QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2. Issued by Noor International Center.