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How many times is the Elephant mentioned in the Qur’an?
1
The Elephant is mentioned once in the Qur’an, in Al-Fil 105:1.
Counts fīl (elephant). Surah 105 is named Al-Fil after it.
- Times
- 1
- Verses
- 1
- Surahs
- 1
- First
- 105:1
What was counted
| Word | Times | Translated as | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| فِيل | 1 | Elephant | ف ي ل |
Every mention
- 105:1 · Al-Filٱلْفِيلِ (of the) ElephantHave you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
How we count
Each Qur’an word built on the words above counts once, in any form (singular, dual or plural, with or without prefixes such as wa- or al-). Counts published elsewhere often differ because they count different forms or phrases. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.
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