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أَلَمْتَرَكَيْفَفَعَلَرَبُّكَبِأَصْحَـٰبِٱلْفِيلِ
alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka bi-aṣḥābi l-fīli
Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
Surah Al-Fil (الفيل) — “The Elephant” — is a Meccan chapter with 5 verses. Read the full Arabic text with translation, transliteration and audio on Al-Qalam.
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Al-Fil
الفيلThe Elephant · 5 verses · Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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أَلَمْيَجْعَلْكَيْدَهُمْفِىتَضْلِيلٍۢ
alam yajʿal kaydahum fī taḍlīlin
Did He not make their plan into misguidance?
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وَأَرْسَلَعَلَيْهِمْطَيْرًاأَبَابِيلَ
wa-arsala ʿalayhim ṭayran abābīla
And He sent against them birds in flocks,
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تَرْمِيهِمبِحِجَارَةٍۢمِّنسِجِّيلٍۢ
tarmīhim biḥijāratin min sijjīlin
Striking them with stones of hard clay,
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فَجَعَلَهُمْكَعَصْفٍۢمَّأْكُولٍۭ
fajaʿalahum kaʿaṣfin makūlin
And He made them like eaten straw.