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Surah 105

The Elephant

الفيل

Al-Fil

Meccan5 Verses
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Verse 1

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

Transliteration

Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel

Translation

Have you not seen ˹O Prophet˺ how your Lord dealt with the Army of the Elephant?

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Verse 2

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ

Transliteration

Alam yaj'al kaidahum fee tadleel

Translation

Did He not frustrate their scheme?

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Verse 3

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

Transliteration

Wa arsala 'alaihim tairan abaabeel

Translation

For He sent against them flocks of birds,

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Verse 4

تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ

Transliteration

Tarmeehim bihijaaratim min sijjeel

Translation

that pelted them with stones of baked clay,

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Verse 5

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

Transliteration

Faja 'alahum ka'asfim m'akool

Translation

leaving them like chewed up straw.