105. Al-Fil
الفيل“The Elephant”
The Surah derives its name from the word ashab al fil in the very first verse.(Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran)
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?1
alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka bi-aṣḥābi l-fīli
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?1
alam yajʿal kaydahum fī taḍlīlin
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
wa-arsala ʿalayhim ṭayran abābīla
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
tarmīhim biḥijāratin min sijjīlin
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
And He made them like eaten straw.1
fajaʿalahum kaʿaṣfin makūlin
Arabic text: Uthmani script via Qur'an.com API v4. Translation: Sahih International. Revelation order: Egyptian Standard (Al-Azhar).