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Surah 105 · 5 ayat
Al-Fil
The Elephant
الفيل
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
MeaningHast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant?
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أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
MeaningDid He not bring their stratagem to naught,
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وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
MeaningAnd send against them swarms of flying creatures,
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تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
MeaningWhich pelted them with stones of baked clay,
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فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
MeaningAnd made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)?
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Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.
Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.
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