105 | Quran

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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