Surah 105 of 114 · Makki
Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant)
سُورَةُ الفِيلِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
أَلَمْalamHave notتَرَtarayou seenكَيْفَkayfahowفَعَلَfaʿaladealtرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordبِأَصْحَـٰبِbi-aṣḥābiwith (the) Companionsٱلْفِيلِl-fīli(of the) Elephant
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant
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أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ
أَلَمْalamDid notيَجْعَلْyajʿalHe makeكَيْدَهُمْkaydahumtheir planفِىfīgoتَضْلِيلٍۢtaḍlīlinastray
Did He not make their plan into misguidance
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وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
وَأَرْسَلَwa-arsalaAnd He sentعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst themطَيْرًاṭayranbirdsأَبَابِيلَabābīla(in) flocks
And He sent against them birds in flocks
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تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ
تَرْمِيهِمtarmīhimStriking themبِحِجَارَةٍۢbiḥijāratinwith stonesمِّنminofسِجِّيلٍۢsijjīlinbaked clay
Striking them with stones of hard clay
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فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
فَجَعَلَهُمْfajaʿalahumThen He made themكَعَصْفٍۢkaʿaṣfinlike strawمَّأْكُولٍۭmakūlineaten up
And He made them like eaten straw