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    Al-Fil

    Chapter 105 - The Elephant - 5 verses

    سُورَةُ الفِيلِ

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    The ElephantMeccan5 verses

    Verse 1
    أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَیۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡفِیلِ

    Pronunciation

    Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel

    Translation

    Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
    Verse 2
    أَلَمۡ یَجۡعَلۡ كَیۡدَهُمۡ فِی تَضۡلِیلࣲ

    Pronunciation

    Alam yaj'al kai dahum fee tad leel

    Translation

    Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
    Verse 3
    وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ طَیۡرًا أَبَابِیلَ

    Pronunciation

    Wa arsala 'alaihim tairan abaabeel

    Translation

    And He sent against them birds in flocks,
    Verse 4
    تَرۡمِیهِم بِحِجَارَةࣲ مِّن سِجِّیلࣲ

    Pronunciation

    Tar meehim bi hi jaaratim min sij jeel

    Translation

    Striking them with stones of hard clay,
    Verse 5
    فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفࣲ مَّأۡكُولِۭ

    Pronunciation

    Faja 'alahum ka'asfim m'akool

    Translation

    And He made them like eaten straw.