The Elephant
Al-Fil
105:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
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105:2
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ
Have you not seen ˹O Prophet˺ how your Lord dealt with the Army of the Elephant?
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105:3
أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ
Did He not frustrate their scheme?
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105:4
وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ
For He sent against them flocks of birds,
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105:5
تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ
that pelted them with stones of baked clay,
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105:6
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ
leaving them like chewed up straw.
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