Chapter 105 of the Quran

Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant)

الفيل

Surah Al-Fil is the 105th chapter of the Holy Quran. It contains 5 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

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1. Ayah 1

   أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

   Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

2. Ayah 2

   أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ

   Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

3. Ayah 3

   وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

   And He sent against them birds in flocks,

4. Ayah 4

   تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

   Striking them with stones of hard clay,

5. Ayah 5

   فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

   And He made them like eaten straw.