Al-Fil

The Elephant

Chapter 105Meccan5 Verses

Verse 1

أَلَمْalamHave not
تَرَtarayou seen
كَيْفَkayfahow
فَعَلَfaʿaladealt
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
بِأَصْحَـٰبِbi-aṣḥābiwith (the) Companions
ٱلْفِيلِl-fīli(of the) Elephant

Translation

Have not you seen how dealt your Lord with (the) Companions (of the) Elephant

Verse 2

أَلَمْalamDid not
يَجْعَلْyajʿalHe make
كَيْدَهُمْkaydahumtheir plan
فِىgo
تَضْلِيلٍۢtaḍlīlinastray

Translation

Did not He make their plan go astray

Verse 3

وَأَرْسَلَwa-arsalaAnd He sent
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
طَيْرًاṭayranbirds
أَبَابِيلَabābīla(in) flocks

Translation

And He sent against them birds (in) flocks

Verse 4

تَرْمِيهِمtarmīhimStriking them
بِحِجَارَةٍۢbiḥijāratinwith stones
مِّنminof
سِجِّيلٍۢsijjīlinbaked clay

Translation

Striking them with stones of baked clay

Verse 5

فَجَعَلَهُمْfajaʿalahumThen He made them
كَعَصْفٍۢkaʿaṣfinlike straw
مَّأْكُولٍۭmakūlineaten up

Translation

Then He made them like straw eaten up