Surah 105 · 5 verses · Meccan
سُورَةُ الفِيلِ
The Elephant
Full recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the Elephant[1]?
[1] The army of Abrahah al-Ashram was accompanied by a huge elephant who came with the intention of demolishing the Kaʿba.
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ
Did He not turn their scheme into a total loss[1]?
[1] Leading them to perish.
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
He sent against them swarms of birds,
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ
pelting them with stones of baked clay,
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ
leaving them like chewed-up chaff.
Arabic text: Tanzil Project (CC BY 3.0, unmodified) · Translation: Rowwad Translation Center, QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.20 · Audio: Islamic Network · tanzil.net · QuranEnc.com