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الفيل

Surah Al-Fil (الفيل) - Transliteration, Translation and Audio

Chapter 105 of the Quran, 5 verses, "The Elephant"

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Surah Al-Fil Transliteration and English Translation

  1. 1

    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ

    Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi ashaabil feel

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

  2. 2

    أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍۢ

    Alam yaj'al kai dahum fee tad leel

    Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

  3. 3

    وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

    Wa arsala 'alaihim tairan abaabeel

    And He sent against them birds in flocks,

  4. 4

    تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍۢ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ

    Tar meehim bi hi jaaratim min sij jeel

    Striking them with stones of hard clay,

  5. 5

    فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍۢ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

    Faja 'alahum ka'asfim m'akool

    And He made them like eaten straw.

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Surah Al-Fil (The Elephant) contains 5 verses. It is chapter 105 of the Quran.

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