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
فِىfīgo
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