Surah Al-Fil (105): Read Online and Download - English Translation

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Surah Al-Fil
سُورَةُ الفِيلِ
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ ﴿1﴾ أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ ﴿2﴾ وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ﴿3﴾ تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ﴿4﴾ فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ ﴿5﴾

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Tafsir of Surah Al-Fil (Arberry: A. J. Arberry)

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْفِيلِ ﴿1﴾

English Translation

Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant? (1)

English Transliteration

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biashabi alfeeli (1)

Tafsir of Verse 1

Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with the Men of the Elephant? (1)

أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ ﴿2﴾

English Translation

Did He not make their plan into misguidance? (2)

English Transliteration

Alam yajAAal kaydahum fee tadleelin (2)

Tafsir of Verse 2

Did He not make their guile to go astray? (2)

وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ﴿3﴾

English Translation

And He sent against them birds in flocks, (3)

English Transliteration

Waarsala AAalayhim tayran ababeela (3)

Tafsir of Verse 3

And He loosed upon them birds in flights, (3)

تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ﴿4﴾

English Translation

Striking them with stones of hard clay, (4)

English Transliteration

Tarmeehim bihijaratin min sijjeelin (4)

Tafsir of Verse 4

hurling against them stones of baked clay (4)

فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ ﴿5﴾

English Translation

And He made them like eaten straw. (5)

English Transliteration

FajaAAalahum kaAAasfin makoolin (5)

Tafsir of Verse 5

and He made them like green blades devoured. (5)

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