Al-Fil

The Elephant • Meccan • 5 verses

سُورَةُ الفِيلِ

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

105:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
ART THOU NOT aware of how thy Sustainer dealt with the Army of the Elephant?
105:2
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ
Did He not utterly confound their artful planning?
105:3
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Thus, He let loose upon them great swarms of flying creatures
105:4
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ
which smote them with stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained,
105:5
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
and caused them to become like a field of grain that has been eaten down to stubble