Surah 105. Al-Fiel — The Elephant
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The English text of surah 105 (Al-Fiel, “The Elephant”), 5 verses, from the public-domain translation The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1934), shown next to the Arabic original. Read this surah interactively.
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the Elephant?
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ
Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?
أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ
And He sent against them Flights of Birds,
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Striking them with stones of baked clay.
تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up.
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ