Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant)
Meccan · 5 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.
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Verses
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant
105:1أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ
Did He not bring their stratagem to naught
105:2وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ
And send against them swarms of flying creatures
105:3تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ
Which pelted them with stones of baked clay
105:4فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ
And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)
105:5
Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.
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