الفيل
Al-Fil
The Elephant • Meccan • 5 Verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
1
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biashabi alfeeli
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant
2
أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ
Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin
Did He not make their plan into misguidance
3
وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela
And He sent against them birds in flocks
4
تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ
Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin
Striking them with stones of hard clay
5
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ
FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin makoolin
And He made them like eaten straw